Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Russia Touts Far East Development Plans at EEF
‘We’ll Start Building the Sakhalin Bridge as Soon as the President Gives the Green Light’
for the Entire 21st Century
Far East: Changes Without Change
World Conquest and Other Economic Issues

Putin Talks Energy During Mongolia Visit
Two in One Yurt
Siberian Might Not

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Elections

Russians Are Voting Again for Regional Offices, and Meduza’s Sources Say Elections Will Test Kremlin Plan to Replace Communist Party
Pertsev: Kremlin Aims to Push Aside RFCP, Seeks Strategy to Do So in Regional Elections

Military Affairs

Court Martial: Open and Shut
Another Senior General Remanded for Corruption in New Multi-Billion-Ruble Kickback Prosecution

Chechnya

‘Kadyrov Put His Life on the Line in This War’
Dissident Yangulbayev: Kadyrov Clan in Decline, But Opposition Divided on Political, Religious Issues

Society

Slava of the Fatherland
Russian Institutes to Study Large Language Model AI’s Compliance With Russian Cultural Code

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Kazakhstan

Nuclear Plant Divides Kazakh Society
Kazakhstan Set to Hold Referendum on Construction of Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine

Ukrainian Ministers Losing Ground
Slew of Ukrainian Officials Submit Resignation Letters to Supreme Rada

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Foreign Economic Relations

OPEC+ Deal Compensates Russia for Seizure of Part of Its Reserves
Experts: Russia Has Benefitted From OPEC+ Membership Despite Slumping Oil Prices

United States

What to Expect From the Future American Leader (FREE content)
Sigov: US Policies on Gaza, Ukraine Won’t Change Regardless of Who Wins Presidential Election