Letter From the Editors (FREE content)
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Russia Takes New Steps to Block Telegram
Telegram Is One of the Last Messaging Apps in Russia That the State Doesn’t Control. Did the Kremlin Just Block It for Good?
Second Siege of Telegram
‘For a Free Internet’ Slogan Warms Up Protest Voters
Russia To Block Telegram From April 1 as Crackdown on Foreign-Owned Apps Continues
Defense Ministry’s Mercenary Handler Shot
Assassination Attempt by Three Known Assailants
How Did Alekseyev Found and Oversee Redut, What Was His Relationship With Prigozhin, And Was the PMC The General’s Failure?
Latest Suspect in Russian Spy Chief’s Failed Assassination an Ex-Military Officer Who Allegedly Tracked GRU General Alongside Father
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Sergei Ivanov Spent Decades as Putin’s Most Trusted Man, Then Watched as That Trust Became a Cage
Pertsev: Sergei Ivanov’s Career Demonstrates the Pluses, Pitfalls of Being Part of Putin’s Entourage
State and Law
Opposition Awaits Electoral Regulation of Neural Networks
Duma Opposition Tackles Neural Network Regulation in Run-up to Elections
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Minsk Decides to Turn Belarussian Women Into a Brand
Lukashenko Names 2026 Year of the Belarussian Woman
Kazakhstan
After Deadly Protests Forced Reforms in 2022, Kazakhstan’s President Agreed to One Term. His New Constitution Offers Two Putin-Style Escape Hatches to Stay in Power
Tokayev Unveils New Draft Constitution Ahead of March 15 Referendum
Kyrgyzstan
Zhaparov Completely Revamps Security Apparatus
Zhaparov Sidelines National Security Committee Head, Marking End to Tandem Rule
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
The US Is Losing Interest in Ideologically Foreign Europe
Remchukov: In Munich, EU Showed US Is Precarious Ally, but Also That Russia Is ‘Enemy for Decades’
Middle East
Gaza on the Agenda
Expert Kozin: Trump Fairly Points to UN’s Slowness in ‘Board of Peace’ Pitch, but He Can’t Replace It
France
Paris Isn’t Good Enough
Izvestia Sources: Kremlin Encouraged by Macron’s Overtures, but Unconvinced of His Seriousness
United States
Why ‘Anchorage Spirit’ Is So Important to Moscow, But Not to US (FREE content)
Experts: Russian Officials’ ‘Disappointment’ With Post-Anchorage Talks Due to US Exceptionalism