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Letter From the EditorsKremlin Unleashes Massive Government Reshuffle FEATURED NEWS STORIES Security Clan Infighting Goes Public Kremlin Launches Sweeping Personnel Changes Do Russians Want Trump as US President? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The Economy Privatization by the State: The Strange Case of BashneftState-Owned Rosneft Apparently Seeking to Acquire Bashneft in ‘Privatization’ Bid Military Affairs Skyrocketing Growth […]

Letter From the EditorsTurkish Coup: Repercussions at Home and Beyond FEATURED NEWS STORIES Attempted Military Coup in Turkey Thwarted THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Investigative Committee Hostage to FSBFSB Arrests Several IC Officials Independence Not Welcome: How the FSB Brought the Investigative Committee to Heel Move Meant to Establish Security Agency Pecking Order State and Law […]

Letter From the EditorsAll Quiet on the Western Front – on the Eastern Front, Not so Much. FEATURED NEWS STORIES NATO Summit Highlights Growing Tensions Russia, US May Strike a Deal on Syria THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Elections Consensus in Exchange for Deputy SeatsPutin Seeking to Build Consensus Among Political Parties, Voters Ahead of Elections Fragment […]

Letter From the EditorsRussia and NATO: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Hawks Rule the Roost in Run-Up to NATO Summit? South Caucasus Republics Face Challenges THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics An Oligarch ExposedRumors That Prokhorov Is Selling His Russian Assets Spook Investors; Billionaire’s Reps Deny Claims Rest in Peace: How the […]

Letter From the EditorsBrexit Begins to Sink in; Russian Antiterrorism Legislation Stirs Controversy FEATURED NEWS STORIES Turkey Apologizes for Russian Pilot’s Death What Does Brexit Mean for UK, Russia, World? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Network Without Secrets Antiterrorist Package Submitted to PresidentIT Sector, Businesses, Human Rights Activists Blast Proposed ‘Antiterrorist’ Bill Reducing Privacy, Introducing Harsher […]

Letter From the EditorsBrexit, Foreign Investment, Russian Elections and NATO: What’s All This Got to Do With Fridges? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Can St. Petersburg Economic Forum Mend Fences? Will Brexit Destroy or Revive European Union? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Elections Aleksei Navalny: We’re Not Using the Word “Boycott” YetNavalny: Boycotting Elections Is Opposition’s Only Way to […]

Letter From the EditorsFollow the Leader on a Geopolitical Scale: Who Will Be the Last Player Standing? FEATURED NEWS STORIES US-Russia Disarmament Prospects Look Grim Series of Attacks Rock Kazakhstan THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Not a Thaw but a Respite: Why There Should Be No Illusions About the Situation in RussiaKremlin’s Milder Rhetoric Does Not […]

Letter From the EditorsConspiracy Cocktail Turns Toxic FEATURED NEWS STORIES EU-Turkey Migrant Deal Hangs by a Thread More Controversy, Conspiracy Surrounds Ukraine THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Virtuosic SpeculationNovaya Gazeta Uncovers Panama Documents Showing Big Profits for Offshore Linked to Cellist Roldugin Quote of the WeekIn New Advisory Role, Kudrin Tells Putin Russia Must ‘Reduce Geopolitical […]

Letter From the EditorsFrom Prison to Privatization: A Nod to the Power of Individuals FEATURED NEWS STORIES Savchenko Exchanged for Russian Prisoners Experts Conflicted on Economic Fix for Russia THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics “Hang In There!” or Why They’re Dancing the KalinkaOfficials’ Aberrant Behavior Shows They Are Only Interested in Winning Putin’s Favor Elections Primaries: […]

Letter From the EditorsTurf Wars That Bind: From a Drug Tsar’s Downfall to a Cemetery Brawl FEATURED NEWS STORIES Cemetery Brawl a Sign of Rising Social Tension? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Drug Tsar, DethronedDismissal of Narcotics Service Chief Another Sign of Special Services Turf War Five Questions About the May DecreesOfficials Overinflating Successes in Implementing […]