Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES          

Trump, Putin Have Phone Call About Ukraine
Ukrainian Settlement Gets Its First Call
‘Trump Has Some Illusions About Putin, Like Many Other Right-Wingers in the West’ (FREE content)
Phone a Friend
(Editorial) – Does the Call Between Trump and Putin Mean That Peace Is Near?

Europe at Crossroads After Vance’s Munich Speech
Transatlantic Gap
From History to Diagnosis at the Munich Security Conference
Cold War’s Last Battle?

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION        

The Economy 

The US Drops a Metal Curtain
Ekspert: Russian Metal Industries Anticipate Risks, Some Benefits in New US Tariff Regime

State and Law

Bill on FSB Oversight of International Scientific Cooperation Introduced in State Duma
Duma Weighs Bill Requiring Researchers to Obtain FSB Approval for Work With Foreigners

Military Affairs          

From SMO Zone (FREE content)
KZ: Three Russian Groupings in Donetsk Basin Hammer UAF With Tanks, Guns, Planes, Drones

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES      

Azerbaijan     

From Crash to Crisis
Chernikov: After Recent Rapprochement, Baku Now Castigating Moscow Over Downed Plane Denials

Ukraine          

Ukraine Imposes Sanctions on Ex-President Pyotr Poroshenko
Poroshenko Accuses Zelensky of Blame-Shifting as Prewar Treason Charges, Sanctions Resurface

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Businesslike Partners
RAS: EaEU Economies Expected to Grow at 4.5% Annually Through 2030, Outpacing Euro Zone

Europe

Why Sovereigntists Are Gaining Influence in the EU
Bespalov: European Sovereigntists’ Affinity for Trump May Be at Odds With Trump’s Trade Policies

‘Patriots for Europe’: So Unpatriotic, So Un-European
Guetta: Patriots for Europe Party’s Only Allegiance Is to Power, Oligarchy

Germany        

Germany’s Key Political Heavyweights Face Off in TV Duel
Scholz, Merz Clash Over Migration, Economy, Ukraine War in Final Debate