Letter From the Editors (FREE content)
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Putin Opens Ninth Duma Convocation
Big Five
RFCP Alone Expresses Dissatisfaction With Election Results, but Not Vehemently
Fewer Words, No Fights
Renewed Elite Shows Off Epaulettes and Medals in State Duma (FREE content)
Russia Unveils 2027 Draft Budget
Finance Ministry Scrambling For Cash: Fertilizers, Savings, Aliexpress Deliveries – What Else Can Be Used to Fund The War?
Small, Medium-Sized Businesses Left Without Clear Future
Here’s How Russia Plans to Pay for the Ukraine War in 2027
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
‘This Is the Beginning of a Fundamentally New Reality’
Putin Addresses Ukraine Peace Talks, EU Relations, Middle East Crisis at Valdai Forum
The Economy
Moscow’s Audacious Asset Grab a Warning to Western Companies
Hecker: Auchan, Nestlé Put Under State Administration, Showing That Staying Put Won’t Stop Confiscation
Space
The Super Heavy Era Arrives
Vaganov: Musk Promises ‘Technosphere,’ but Conflict, Low Profits Hamper Expansion Into Space
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan to Prepare Proposals Within 10 Days to Reform Army
Tokayev Calls for Comprehensive Military Reforms After 14 Soldiers Die in Capsian Sea Exercises
Ukraine
Motherland on the Soles of My Crocs
Ukrainian Draft Evader: ‘I Don’t Want to Die so Someone Else Can Steal’
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
China
Lukewarm Alliance
Hood: Informal Alliance Between China, Russia Based on ‘Calculated Benefit,’ Not Trust
Mongolia
Proceeding From Historical Tradition and Friendship Between Peoples
Mongolian Defense Officials Host Russian Military Delegation for Talks on Expanding Cooperation
United States
What Kirill Dmitriyev and Maksim Reshetnikov Did in the US
Vedomosti: Dmitriyev, Reshetnikov in Washington to Put Out Feelers on Economic Cooperation
Hocus-POTUS
Kostina: With Plummeting Ratings, Will Trump Pull Card Out of His Sleeve for ‘October Surprise’?