Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Russia Says Ukraine Plans to Use ‘Dirty Bomb’

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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

You Can’t Do Anything to Putin
NG: Russia’s Reality Is Changing Every Day, but Putin Is Here to Stay

Education

‘The West Is in Decay, but Our Future Is Shining’
Meduza: Required Soviet-Style Ideology Classes Make Comeback Amid Special Operation

Terrorism

‘I’m Still Sitting in That Theater on Dubrovka’
Russia Marks 20th Anniversary of Nord Ost Siege as Victims Continue to Process Trauma

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

The CIS

Tbilisi Calls Kiev’s Actions, Statements Blackmail
Tbilisi Accuses Kiev of Interference Over Adviser Arestovich’s Calls to ‘Project Force’ in Georgia

Putin Promises to Do ‘Everything Possible’ to Settle Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Lakstygal: Moscow’s CIS Mediator Status on Shaky Ground as Additional Platforms Emerge

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

China

Why China Faces Threat of Late-Soviet-Style Gerontocracy
After 20th CCP Congress, Aging Politburo Faces Slowing Growth at Home and Hostility Abroad

Mexico

‘Mexico Hasn’t Severed Ties With Russia and Doesn’t Intend to’
Ambassador Pensado Moreno: Mexico City Opposes Russian War in Ukraine, West’s Isolation of Russia

Italy

Swerve to the Right Puts Italy on a Slippery Slope
Arbatova: Does Giorgia Meloni’s Rise Portend Rehabilitation of European Fascism?