Letter From the Editors (FREE content)
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Incumbents Dominate Local Elections
‘All The Dangerous Ones Were Rooted Out in Advance’
New-Era Elections (FREE content)
Does Our Society Want Change? On a Simplified Election Agenda and New Standards of Normality
Local Elections: A Tradition Kept Alive for Show
Enough Prospects for Everyone
Iran Signals Readiness to Resume Nuclear Talks
Iran Amenable to Direct Talks With U.S.
Pezeshkian in New York: Anticipation of Changes
Hack Job
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Economy
Russia Needs a Decade of 3% Growth
CMASF: Russia’s Strong Growth Rate Projected to Slow Due to Sanctions, Demographic Trends
Society
‘Russia Does Have Something to Tell the World on the Women’s Agenda’
Matviyenko: Women Must Be Able to Combine Career With Primary Mission of Serving the Family
Military Affairs
Does Putin’s Order to Increase the Russian Army by 180,000 Soldiers Mean a New Wave of Mobilization Is Coming?
Meduza: Putin Signs Decree Increasing Size of Army, Raising Question of New Mobilization Wave
The Media
Piotrovsky Bookstore Founder: Russian Independent Bookstores Can Survive in the Face of Military Censorship, Political Repressions
Republic: How Are Independent Russian Bookstores Coping With Changing Political Landscape?
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Transcaucasus
Peace Conditions
Analyst Meloyan: Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Cannot Be Rushed, as Constitutional Language Spat Shows
Ukraine
Russia Now Has Iranian Missiles: Here’s What That Could Mean for Ukraine
iStories: Iran Ships Short-Range Missiles for Russian Use in Ukraine, Holds Other Weapons in Reserve
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Clash of Civilizations
Vinokurov: Huntington Foresaw Civilizational Conflicts Like the One in Ukraine
Middle East
Battlefield: Western Asia
Kneissl: Pager Bombings Show Israel Spoiling for War With Hezbollah, Undeterred by Iranians