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Letter From the EditorsPutin Tones Down Foreign Policy Rhetoric; Fallout From Panama Papers Continues; Ukraine Gets New Cabinet; National Guard Sets Sights on Chechen Security Forces FEATURED NEWS STORIES Putin Strikes Conciliatory Tone in Call-In Show Russian Press, Officials React to Panama Papers Ukraine Gets New Prime Minister, Cabinet THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Navalny Drawn […]

Letter From the EditorsIt’s Not All About Russia: Fonseca, Frozen Conflicts, Finance and Force FEATURED NEWS STORIES Panama Papers Leak Implicates Russian Ruling Elite Fighting Erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Late to the Search PartyInvestigative Committee Reports New Lead in First Yukos Case, but Is It Too Little, Too Late? A […]

Letter From the EditorsMove Over, Miss Universe – Putin, Poroshenko and Kadyrov Vie for the Spotlight. FEATURED NEWS STORIES West, Russia Step Up Confrontation Kiev Political Crisis Goes From Bad to Worse New Players Emerge in 2016 Duma Campaign THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law The Long Arm of the StateNew Laws Allow Russians, Foreigners […]

Letter From the EditorsRussia’s ‘Matryoshka’ Foreign Policy Doctrine: Distracting From One Problem by Creating Another FEATURED NEWS STORIES What’s Next for Russia in Syria? Will Savchenko Be Imprisoned or Exchanged? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Crimean BenchmarkSkorobogaty: Crimea Annexation Forever Altered Russia’s Society, Politics, Foreign Policy Pariah’s PathKunadze: Russia’s Foreign Policy Consists of Creating New Problems […]

Letter From the EditorsStep Aside, Old Guard – New Guard Is Stepping In FEATURED NEWS STORIES Putin Pulls Russian Troops Out of Syria Kiev Weighs Big Domestic, Foreign Policy Changes THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics More Than Just a MistakeRussia’s Crimea Annexation Set Country on Self-Destructive Path People’s Will Is TimelessReferendum on Preserving USSR Still Valid, […]

Letter From the EditorsB-list Celebrities: from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, to the New Ukrainian Gentry FEATURED NEWS STORIES What’s Behind Proposed Ukrainian Land Sale? Can Moscow, Washington Secure Syrian Ceasefire? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Elections Elections Under ProtectionPutin Instructs FSB to Suppress Outside Attempts to Interfere in Upcoming State Duma Elections Chechnya The Dangers of Manual […]

Letter From the EditorsMatters of Consideration. FEATURED NEWS STORIES Russia, US Broker Syrian Ceasefire Questions Linger One Year After Nemtsov Murder THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION State and Law Why Didn’t You Run?Hobson: Domodedovo Owner Dmitry Kamenshchik Detained Under Politicized Charges Business as Usual and a Little PoliticsECHR Rules That Russian Trial of Navalny, Ofitserov Violated European […]

Letter From the EditorsA Big Week in Munich: Supporting Players Take Center Stage FEATURED NEWS STORIES Medvedev Speaks at Munich Security Conference Supreme Rada Coalition Collapses THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Kremlin Confession: Why do the Siloviki Need Dialogue With Businesspeople?Stanovaya: Putin Proposal Forces Businesspeople to Meet Regularly With Law Enforcers Nongovernmental Organizations Putin’s Preemptive StrikeLitvinova: […]

Letter From the EditorsRussia, West Stuck in Vicious Cycle. FEATURED NEWS STORIES Ukrainian Ruling Coalition on Brink of Collapse Is Kremlin Ready for Election Season? Can Russia Maintain Foothold in Syria? THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics New FreaksSaprykin: Russia Will See More Outlandish Initiatives, Political Stunts as Duma Elections Draw Near Attack on Kasyanov: Chechen Internal […]

Letter From the EditorsRussia, West Stuck in Vicious Cycle. FEATURED NEWS STORIES Can Joint Efforts Ensure Middle East Security? Talks Stall as Ukraine Conflict Nears Two Years THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Reality CrisisExperts: Uncertain Times Prompting Russians to Turn to Soviet-Era Institutions, Views Regions Five Burning Questions About Changing of the Guard in Tula ProvinceStanovaya: […]