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FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Regional Voting Yields Few Surprises
Russia’s 2023 Regional Voting
‘We Have Finally Achieved What We’ve Spent Nine Years Working For’
‘They’ll Say Everyone Voted For Putin at Home, Online.’
‘Voters Are Interested in Everyday Matters’
Vladivostok Hosts Eighth Eastern Economic Forum
Russian War Critics Abroad, Ukraine’s Counteroffensive and Moscow’s Next-Gen Weapons
Value-Added Contract
Gateway to the Economy
Kim Visits Putin to Talk Security
Deceit By Impressions
What Did Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un Discuss During Their Five-Hour Talks (FREE content!)
Russia Will Work With North Korea Without Violating UN Sanctions
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Economy
Workers at, Near Retirement Age Create Labor Market Anomalies
NG: Russia’s Low Unemployment Rate Caused by Scarcity of Younger Workers
Education
Chronicles of State Capitalism: ‘Unscrupulous Poaching of Talented Young People’
Republic: Russian Officials Accuse West of Brain Drain but Are Unable to Stanch Flow, Find New Workers
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Authorities Tell People to Brace for Blackouts in Winter Months
Bishkek Authorities Warn Citizens to Prepare for Winter Power Outages Due to Strained Grid
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Foreign Economic Relations
Multipolarity of Opinion
Boikov: G-20’s Ukraine-Neutral Final Communiqué, Inclusion of African Union Advance Multipolarity
How Much Longer Can Russia’s Honeymoon With Gulf States Last?
Menon: How Long Will West Tolerate ‘Cobelligerent’ Gulf Monarchies Accommodating Russia?
China
Why China’s Defense Minister, Who Visited Russia Several Times, Disappeared
Vedomosti: Theories Abound Over Suspension of Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu
Turkey
Oriental Bazaar in Sochi
Smirnov: Despite Little Progress on Ukraine, Sochi Talks Highlight Putin-Erdogan Interdependence