FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Experts, Officials Reflect on 2022
Duma Moves to Punish Draft Dodgers
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
‘No One Wants to Unify the Russian People – Except for Us’
Putin: Price Caps on Energy Products ‘Remnant of Colonialism’
Our People, Our Land, Our Truth (read this article online for FREE)
Medvedev: Russia Cannot Remain ‘Impartial’ About Fate of Its Own People
On the Importance of Dmitry Medvedev’s New Job
NG: Medvedev’s New Role Could Signal Grooming as Putin’s Successor
Political Parties/Blocs
Yabloko: The Battle of Volgograd Begins
Yabloko Starts Petition Against Renaming Volgograd Back to Stalingrad
Military Affairs
Defense Ministry Announces Plans to Boost Russia’s Military to 1.5 Million
Nikolsky: Defense Ministry Announces Plans to Boost Troops to 1.5 Million, Raise Conscription Age
Public Attitudes
Partial (to) Happiness
Polls Show Russians Increasingly Anxious About Ukraine War, Two Thirds Favor Negotiations
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Central Asia
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Create Regional Union
Kazakh, Uzbek Leaders Announce Plans to Ramp Up Bilateral Trade in Wide-Ranging Talks
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Alternative History
Kortunov: USSR Was Founded 100 Years Ago – What Would the World Have Looked Like Without It?
Middle East
Syrian Match
Bocharov: Ground Phase of Turkey’s Claw-Sword Stalls as US, Russia, Syria, Iran Fear Chaos