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Letter From the EditorsHail to the Chief: Putin a Good Face on It FEATURED NEWS STORIES Putin Delivers Message to Federal Assembly Turkey Ups the Ante in Syria Is Europe Turning to the Right – and Toward Russia? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “Our Elite Are Always Ready to Stab Each Other in the […]

Letter From the EditorsThe View From the Kremlin – Living the Dream in a Post-Truth World FEATURED NEWS STORIES What Do Tea Leaves Say About Russian-US Ties? Does Putin Control Sechin – or Vice Versa? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Science Putin Checks Academy of Sciences for Honesty, IndependencePutin Spars With Russian Academy of Sciences Head Over […]

Letter From the EditorsA Week of Bewilderment, Befuddlement, Bemusement. FEATURED NEWS STORIES Government Minister Arrested on Corruption Charges Does Trump’s Victory Herald New Political Era? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The Presidency Five Conundrums of the Russian Presidential Election2018 Presidential Election to Determine Future of Russia, Makeup of Political Elite State and Law A Peculiar ThawMoscow Supreme […]

Letter From the EditorsThe Shock Felt Round the World: The Trump Victory and Its Reverberations. FEATURED NEWS STORIES What Does Trump Victory Mean for World, Russia? Russia Reacts to Trump’s Surprise Victory THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Putin’s System Here for the Long TermPutin’s System Entering Stable Period of Stagnation Reminiscent of Brezhnev Era ‘Politburo’ GamesMinchenko […]

Letter From the EditorsTo the Brink: From the Return of Checkpoint Charlie, to the Point of No Return in Russian-US Relations FEATURED NEWS STORIES New US President, New US-Russian Relations? Nuclear Disarmament at Stake in Russia-West Tiff THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Toying With a ThawRecent Conciliatory Remarks by Putin, Other Russian Officials Do Not Portend […]

Letter From the EditorsIs the End of the Globalization Era in Sight? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Syria Drama Continues to Unfold Did ‘Normandy Four’ Meeting Make Inroads? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Political Parties/Blocs Zyuganov Starts Criticizing PutinRFCP Leader Gennady Zyuganov Voices Displeasure With Putin Following State Duma Elections The Economy A Tombstone for the Grave of an […]

Letter From the EditorsTaking the High Ground: This Week’s Lip Service, Laughs and Lectures From Russia FEATURED NEWS STORIES ‘Normandy Four’ Meet in Berlin US Election Generates Keen Interest in Russia THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Chechnya “Kadyrov Is the Caucasus Version of Putin”Human Rights Activists: Kremlin Needs to Start Process of Removing Kadyrov From Power OTHER […]

Letter From the EditorsCold War 2.0 to the Rescue – or How to Travel Back in Time Without Really Trying FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia, West Ramp Up Cold War Rhetoric Does Russia Need Military Bases Abroad? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Moral and Political Reasons for Not Extraditing SnowdenDoes Moscow Really Have Moral High Ground in […]

Letter From the Editors FEATURED NEWS STORIES Moscow’s Syria Operation Hits One-Year Mark MH17 Crash Investigation Implicates Moscow Putin Halts Russia-US Nuclear Waste Agreement THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Crisis ManagerFormer Prime Minister Kiriyenko Poised to Become Putin’s Right-Hand Man State ReformState Reform Needed to Overcome Economic Crisis, Bring Russia Into 21st Century State and Law […]

Letter From the EditorsQuestioning/Unquestioning Loyalty: A Gaggle of Alliances, Coalitions and Parties FEATURED NEWS STORIES Syria Ceasefire Collapses Duma Elections Bolster United Russia, Putin THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Intrusive Affairs MinistryKommersant Sources: Plans Call for Expanding FSB Into New Ministry of State Security What’s Behind the Rumors About a State Security MinistryRecent Purge […]