Letter From the Editors (FREE content)
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Iran Presses Defensive Advantage in Persian Gulf
Operation Epic Fatigue
‘Netanyahu’s and Trump’s Plans Have Completely Failed’
Lessons of Middle East War (FREE content)
Arab-Iranian Ties Fall Victim to Gas War
Hot Oil Deal
Peace Talks Stalemate Takes Toll on Morale
Calm Because of the Storm
Ukraine Reaches Dead End on Mobilization
Just Des(S)Erts
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Political Parties/Blocs
No Place in State Duma for Discussions on Telegram’s Fate
NG: RFCP Continues to Fight Internet Restrictions as Other Parties Back Away From Topic
Andrei Svintsov Gets Blocked
LDPR State Duma Deputy Andrei Svintsov Expelled From Party Over Telegram Comments
Regions
Crimeans’ Choice Is Unchanged and Unshakeable
Putin Marks 12th Anniversary of Crimea Annexation During Videoconference With Government Officials
Technology
A Mysterious Group Is Calling on Russians to Protest the Kremlin’s Internet Restrictions. Is It a Trap?
Meduza: Possible False-Flag Telegram Channel Calls for Protests Against Internet Restrictions
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Georgia
Death of Ilia II Unifies Georgia’s Ruling Party, Opposition
Patriarch Ilia II Dies, Sparking Speculation About Possible Successor
Kazakhstan
United and Unanimous
Voters Approve Kazakhstan’s New Constitution by a Landslide
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Hungary
A New Low
Scholar Loustau: Orban’s Ethnic Hungarian Policy Collides With Pro-Russian Ally in Slovakia
United States
Personal Cash Interest
AmCham’s Agee: Dialogue Has Reopened Talk of US-Russia Trade, But Implementation Awaits Peace