Letter From the Editors
The French unite in the face of Charlie Hebdo attacks; and are things looking up for Navalny?

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Ukraine Meets New Year with Trepidation

Will Charlie Hebdo Attack Unite or Divide?

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

An Hour with an Academician
Former PM Primakov Offers Solutions to Russia’s Foreign, Domestic Policy Issues

State and Law

Opposition Poster Boy Navalny Defies House Arrest – Again
Oppositionist Aleksei Navalny Defies House Arrest

This #Verdictisours
During Final Statement in His Trial, Navalny Decries Junta That Has Taken Power in Russia

Terrorism

Echo of Terrorist Attacks
Starodubrovskaya: Force Is Not the Answer to Radical Islam

The Economy

The (Debt) Possessed
Latynina: Putin and His Cronies Have Stolen $3.5 Trillion From Russia

Military Affairs

Felgengauer: Russia’s New Military Doctrine All Bark, No Bite

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Armenia

Murder in Gyumri: Why Armenians Are Outraged by Russian Neocolonialism
Slon: Russian Soldier’s Grisly Murder of Armenian Family Tests Moscow-Yerevan Relations

Ukraine

What Do Ukrainians Want to Do with the Crimea?
Kazarin: Does Kiev Have a Crimean Strategy?

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Foreign Policy

The Cost of a Big War Game for Russia
Malashenko: Russia’s Foreign Policy, Based on Myths And Bluffs, Seems Unlikely to Change in 2015

A Conflict between Virtual Opponents
Kosachov: Conflict Between West, Russia Stems From Overblown Rhetoric, Media Propaganda

Auschwitz without Putin
Stanovaya: Putin’s Absence at Auschwitz Liberation Commemoration a Polish Slight or Russian Snub?

Foreign Economic Relations

Europe’s Gas Defeat
Zhiltsov: Gas Deal With Russia Gives Turkey Chance To Become Major Player on European Gas Market

Hungary

Hungary: Is Ukraine-Style Coup Possible in EU and Nato Member-state?
Gulevich: Is Kiev-Style Coup Possible in Hungary?