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Letter From the EditorsDemocracy May Be the Worst Form of Government – But What’s the Worst Form of Democracy? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukraine Reform Stalls Is Kremlin Setting Up Early Presidential Race? How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Inconvenient Truth Lies Behind Putin’s War TalkSukhov: Putin’s Promise of 40 More […]

Letter From the EditorsPutin Courts the European Media; Poroshenko Survives First Year in Office; and Igor Strelkov Prepares for His Close-Up FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukrainian Settlement Process Comes Undone Can Russia Save Face in Ukraine Crisis? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Hearing the Donetsk Basin: Who Will Be the Deputy from Novorossia in the Next State […]

Letter From the EditorsWhen Is a Russian Soldier Not a Russian Soldier? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Heavy Fighting Breaks Out Near Donetsk Russian Blacklist of EU Officials Made Public THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The Economy Kudrin’s ProgramAleksei Kudrin Criticizes Government for Failing to Implement Reforms, Offers Economic Growth Plan Military Affairs Russia’s Mistral Deal Was Sunk from […]

Letter From the EditorsWhen Is a Russian Soldier Not a Russian Soldier? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Are Renewed Hostilities Inevitable in Donetsk Basin? Captured Russian Soldiers to Stand Trial How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Why Was Decree on State Secrets Rewritten?Changes to Law on State Secrets Makes Information […]

Letter From the EditorsTruth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Ukraine Finds Its Propaganda Trump Card, the Russian Elite Find Themselves in a Quandary FEATURED NEWS STORIES Kiev Ups Diplomatic Ante with Prisoners, Missiles EU and Russia: Partners or Competitors? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Divide and RuleGuriyev: As Economy Deteriorates, Elite Must Decide Whether to Remain Loyal […]

Letter From the EditorsVictory Day 2015: More Than the Usual Pomp Amid Not Quite the Usual Circumstances FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia Marks 70th Anniversary of WWII Victory Chinese President Xi Jinping Visits Russia, CIS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Chechnya Will Moscow Allow Polygamy in Chechnya?Bovt: Getting Chechnya to Fully Comply with Russian Laws More Difficult Than […]

Letter From the EditorsKnow Thy Enemy (and Thy Friend): Recovery, Détente and Protection in Russia and the CIS FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukraine Grapples With Growing Economic Woes Is There Hope for Common Russian-U.S. Agenda? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Empty SeatsYunanov/Davydov: Victory Day Parade Intended to Showcase Russia’s Power, Independence The ‘President’ Agenda: How Putin Will […]

Letter From the EditorsPutin Gets Personal; Ukraine Travels Back to the 1990s; and Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin Breaks Up Hunger Strikes FEATURED NEWS STORIES Putin Hosts Annual Call-In Show High-Profile Murders Shake Up Kiev Russia Lifts Ban on S-300 Supplies to Iran THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Russia’s Embezzlement Problem Is Out of ControlGolts: Russian Officials’ […]

Letter From the EditorsControversy, Intrigue, Skepticism in the Former Soviet Union FEATURED NEWS STORIES New Controversy, Tensions in Ukraine Iran Accepts Restrictions on Nuclear Program THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Forty Days: Nemtsov Case Closed, but Questions Still OpenStanovaya: Investigative Intrigues Delaying Closure Of Nemtsov Murder Case Military Affairs Military Spending in Russia: Funding […]

Letter From the EditorsOut-of-the-Box Solutions: Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Beyond FEATURED NEWS STORIES Hope of Political Solution in Ukraine? Are Iran Nuclear Talks Linked to Yemen War? How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics US against Them: Russia’s Frightening New CultKuznetsov: State Rewards Those Who Espouse Its Creed, Brands as Heretics […]