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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Regions
Stress Test
Experts: 2023 Gubernatorial Elections Will Set Tone for 2024 Presidential Election
Public Attitudes
‘I Couldn’t Stay Silent’
‘Flower Protests’ Sprout Up Across Russia to Commemorate Victims of Dnipro Missile Attack
Military Affairs
License to Shell
Novaya Gazeta: Air Defense Systems in Russian Areas Bordering Ukraine Ineffective
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Do Not Want to Lose Russian Language
While Kyrgyz Hail Year of Russian Language, Use of Russian in Decline in Kyrgyz Schools, Society
Ukraine
Personnel Cleanup in Kiev Turned Into Purge
Prikhodko: As Kiev’s Anticorruption Purge Continues, Speculation Swirls Over Potential Cover-Ups
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Cracks in the Monolith
Sushentsov: US, Eastern Europe ‘Twisting Arms’ of Allies to Rally Anti-Russia/China Coalition
Military Alliances
The Turkish Wall
Experts: Despite Outcry in Ankara Over Protests, Sweden and Finland Likely to Join NATO Soon
China
Moscow Wants to Prevent Washington-Beijing Détente
Skosyrev: China to Welcome Blinken After Xi’s Moscow Trip Despite Chafing at US Hegemony
Iran
Iran Becomes Target of Mysterious Attack
Arab Media Attribute Strike on Isfahan Weapons Factory to US, Israeli Drones
Czech Republic
General of Prague
Grivach: Gen. Pavel Wins Czech Election, Ensuring Pro-NATO Consensus in Prague – For Now