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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 […]

Letter From the EditorsMissile Matchup, Troop Buildup, Media Shakeup, Propaganda Pick-Me-Up, Putin Wake-Up FEATURED NEWS STORIES Can Putin, Abe Resolve Russian-Japanese Differences? Poroshenko Increasingly at Odds With Rada, West THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Revolution or Coup: What Putin Is Really Afraid OfPutin No Longer Fears Mass Revolt – He’s More Wary of the Elite Emotional […]

Letter From the EditorsLiberals in Russia: An Endangered Species in Need of Conservation? FEATURED NEWS STORIES Looming Elections Bring Talk of Economic Reform THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Dirty Secrets: How the Government Is Trying to Take Away Our Right to Remember Ukraine Opens Chernobyl Archives, but Russian Government Still Suppressing the Truth The Government Russia […]

Letter From the EditorsNavalny Takes on the CEC; Russia Ups the Ante With Antics Over the Baltic; and a Possible Homecoming for Savchenko FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia Pushes for Oil Cartel at OPEC Meeting Russian IC Head Draws Up Battle Plans THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Person of the Week: Mikhail ProkhorovMikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim Offices Searched […]