Letter From the Editors
Teach Your Children Well: This Week’s Lessons on Propaganda, Perception and Persuasion
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Separatist Leaders Force Kiev’s Hand
Moscow Steps Up Involvement in Syria
Syrian President Accuses West of Destabilizing Middle East
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
The Russian Regime in 2015: All Tactics, No Strategy
Kolesnikov: Russia Continues to Pursue Negative Agenda Instead of Positive Development Strategy
State and Law
FSB Asked to Look Into Oleg Kashin Case
Oleg Kashin Asks FSB to Take Over Investigation Into His Attempted Murder
Clouds Are Gathering Over Turchak
Kozlov: Are Political Motives Behind Implication of Pskov Gov. Andrei Turchak in Kashin Beating?
Science
‘Anti-Maiden’ Interested in American Working at Ranepa
US Researcher of Revolutionary Behavior Under Scrutiny for His Work in Russia
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Military Affairs
CSTO Still Extremely Ineffective
Vladimir Mukhin: CSTO Still Largely Ineffective, Overly Dependent on Russian Funding, Resources
Belarus
West Upbeat About Belarussian Presidential Election
Three Contenders Launch Campaigns to Unseat Lukashenko in Presidential Election
Tajikistan
Rakhmon Makes Short Work of Islamic Revival Party
Tajik Authorities Ban IRPT in Wake of Alleged Coup Attempt by Former Deputy Defense Minister
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Europe
New Regional Reality
Arbatova: Ukraine Conflict Dividing Europe, Putting Russia’s Eurasian Integration Plans in Jeopardy