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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Fly the Unfriendly Skies FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukraine Arrests Putin Ally Medvedchuk THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Russia Puts US, Czech Republic on List of Unfriendly States, Limits Their Diplomatic Staff Hiring Political Parties/Blocs Donetsk Basin Volunteers Agree to Support Putin’s United Russia, Will Run in Fall Elections Elections NG: Retroactive Law […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Green Shoots FEATURED NEWS STORIES Chances of Abandoning Minsk Process Slim Trial Against Navalny Offices Begins in Moscow THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Simonov: Russia’s Newly Touted ‘Green Economy’ a Smoke Screen for Appropriating Budget Funds rgfdsg History Meduza: New Law Banning Comparison of USSR to Nazi Germany Will Stifle Academic Research […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown FEATURED NEWS STORIES Putin Lays Out Postvirus Plans in Annual Message (Read an article from this feature for FREE) Russian‑Czech Relations Sink to New Low THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Moscow PGO Moves to Label Anticorruption Foundation Extremist Titov: Team Navalny’s Prospects Increasingly Bleak […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS It’s 2021 – Do You Know Who Your 5G Operator Is? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Can Biden-Putin Call Bring a Breakthrough? War in Ukraine Unlikely Even as TensionsRise THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Police Raid Offices of Student-Run Journal; Editors Questioned and Charged Political Parties/Blocs Prosecutors Call Navalny’s Anticorruption Foundation an Extremist Organization, Move […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Of Conflicts and Contradictions FEATURED NEWS STORIES Moscow, Kiev Move Closer to the Brink (Read an article from this feature for FREE) THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Ryklin: Generals Patrushev and Zolotov Remind Russians to Keep Silent or Face Consequences Chechnya Peskov Fields Journalists’ Questions About Investigation Into Kadyrov’s Wealth OTHER POST-SOVIET […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS A Bitter (or Spicy) Pill to Swallow FEATURED NEWS STORIES Donetsk Basin Ceasefire at Risk After Violations (Read an article from this feature for FREE) Navalny Calls Hunger Strike as Health Worsens THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Kremlin Spokesman Peskov Discusses Russia-US Ties, Ukraine, Russia’s Internet Legislation Putin Stresses Need for Interethnic […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Fake Diplomacy, Freak Diplomacy, Vaccine Diplomacy: Foreign Policy Goes Viral FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia Recalls Its US Ambassador Opposition, Officials Prepare for Duma Vote THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Lawyer: Navalny Is Being Deliberately Denied Medical Care to Undermine His Health Spokesman Peskov Answers Media’s Questions About Navalny’s Sleep Deprivation, Lack of […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Say It Like You Don’t Mean It FEATURED NEWS STORIES Biden Interview Blows Up US-Russia Ties (read an article from this feature online for FREE) THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Russia Alleges West is Preparing Campaign to Discredit Sputnik V Vaccine Chechnya Novaya Gazeta’s Offices Attacked After Ex Chechen Cop’s Testimony on Extrajudicial […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Muddled Situations All Around FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia Cracks Down on Twitter (Read a portion of this feature online for FREE) THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Gontmakher: Kremlin’s Isolationist Policies Are Robbing the Country of Its Future S&P Cites Future Power Transition as a Risk Factor Due to Potential Volatility Elections Pollsters […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Seeking Legitimacy at Home and Abroad FEATURED NEWS STORIES Armenian PM Faces Off With Top Brass Sanctions Signal Shift in East-West Relations THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Putin to FSB: Watch Out for Foreign Plotting, Election Meddling Citing Concern for Children, Putin Eyes New Internet Restrictions Yablokov: Kremlin’s Penchant for Conspiracy Theories […]