Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Deadline Passes for START III Renewal
The Last Nuclear Guardrail Falls This Week, and US And Russia Chose to Fly Blind
‘We’ve Reached an Impasse, But There Is a Way Out’
Entering a Risk Zone (FREE content)

US, Iran Prep for Talks Amid Mutual Distrust
In Defense of Diplomacy
Tehran, Washington Find Yet Another Mediator
Protests in Iran Being Suppressed

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The Government

Mikhail Mishustin Invited to the Left
Mishustin Welcomes RFCP, Just Russia for Meetings, Hails Support for Troops, ‘Constructive Criticism’

Political Parties/Blocs

Lend Me Your Memes!
‘Sigma Males Vote LDPR’: Slutsky Campaign Stop Features Memes Linked to ‘MAGA Experience’

Artificial Intelligence Already Campaigning to Win Future RFCP Voters
Experts: Authorities’ Fear of Cheap Opposition Ads Behind Court Ruling Against AI-Made RFCP Flyer

Military Affairs

Ensuring Steady Supply of Military Hardware
Belousov Reports Success of Efforts to Ensure Production, Supply of Materiel to SMO Forces

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Belarus

Lukashenko’s Former Rival Stages Political Comeback
Former Presidential Hopeful Babariko Announces Return to Politics Following Prison Release

Ukraine

Under Pressure
Expert: Loss of Donetsk Basin Line Would be ‘Massive Strategic Blow’ for Ukraine

EU’re In The Way
Latest Round of Ukraine Peace Talks Shows Little Progress on Territory, Security Guarantees

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Afghanistan

Russia as Escape From ‘Sharia Paradise’
Analyst Serenko: Taliban Practice of Naturalizing Terrorists Makes Admitting Afghan Workers Risky

Europe

EU Without the US: The Price of a Mousetrap
Antonov: EU Has Leverage Between US, China – if It Unlearns ‘Infantilism’ and Learns to Say ‘No’

Vietnam

Making a Better ‘Mir’
Izvestia: Despite Sanctions Pressure, Russia Expands Presence in Vietnamese Finance, Tourism, Arms