LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Ghost Soldiers, Unofficial Hospital Visits, Secret Inaugurations

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Baku, Yerevan Resume Hostilities

Kremlin, Navalny Face Off in War of Words

Belarussian Standoff Continues

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Putin Submits Bills to Duma that Revise Procedures for Appointing Officials, Making Judicial Rulings (Read this article for free)

Military Affairs

NG: In Today’s World, High-Tech Russian Weapons No Longer Enough to Reassure Public

Medicine/Public Health

As COVID Cases Spike, Moscow City Hall Orders Self-Isolation, but No Lockdowns

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Kyrgyzstan

President Warns of Possible Instability Following Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

Ukraine

Valentinov: US’s Choice of Ambassador to Kiev Spells Future Military Tensions With Russia

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Russia Says US Terms for Extending New START Are Unacceptable

United States

Putin Proposes Resuming Cooperation With US on International Information Security

Analysts Say Sanctions Against Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Likely