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Scandals, Russian Offensives Weaken Zelensky
Last Line of Defeat
Failed Corruption
US Forcing New Peace Plan on Zelensky That Benefits Putin (FREE content)
Pause Occurs in Kiev Corruption Scandal
New Twist in Ukraine Settlement
RFCP Gears Up for 2026 State Duma Campaign
Lenin Means Business
Regional Communists Face Arrest Ahead of Election Campaigns
Communists Turn to Household Names to Woo Voters, Donors
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Economy
As Russia’s Wage-Debt Crisis Spreads, More Workers Are Going Months Without Pay
Expert: Recent Spike in Wage Arrears Tied to Weak Demand, Late Customer Payments, Higher Costs
About One-Quarter of the Population Says Its Material Well-Being Has Deteriorated
Polls Show Growing Pessimism About Financial Well-Being Among Russians
State and Law
Bastrykin Seeks Criminal Investigations Into Six Judges
Investigative Committee Head Bastrykin Requests Corruption Investigations Into Six Judges
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Sergei Tikhanovsky Has Doubts About Sanity of Wife’s Office
Taratorin: Tikhanovsky Goes Public With Gripe Against Wife’s Office Over Award Mishap
Georgia
Tbilisi Accuses EU of Attempt to Wipe Georgia Off Political Map
Tbilisi Rails Against EU for Excluding It From Enlargement Forum
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Immortal Sentence
Russia Hosts Forum to Mark 80th Anniversary of Nuremberg Trials
On the Nonimpunity of Evil
Polyan: Nuremberg Trials Prove That Evil Will Never Go Unpunished
China
New Horizons for Cooperation Identified
Russian, Chinese Defense Officials Meet in Moscow to Discuss Military Cooperation
Iran
Survival Economy
Lutiyev: Informal Societal Networks Protecting Iran’s Economy From Total Collapse