Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Massive Quake Ravages Parts of Turkey, Syria

Balloon Incident Derails US-China Talks

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State and Law

New Russian Citizens Shown Carrot Along With Stick (Read this article online for FREE)
Rodin: New Duma Bills to Integrate New Regions Sets Double Standard for Ukrainian Citizens

Court to Announce Sergei Furgal’s Verdict on Feb. 10
Former Khabarovsk Territory Governor Furgal Found Guilty of Murder

Talking the Talk
Experts: Proposed Law on Proper Russian Language to Be Applied Selectively

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Transcaucasus

‘I’m Categorically Opposed to All Wars’
Vardanyan: Loss of Nagorno-Karabakh ‘Homeland’ Means Loss of Identity, Dignity

Moldova

Moldovans Want to Join EU But Oppose Joining NATO
Moldovan PM Attends European Integration Talks in Brussels

Ukraine

Zelensky Tells EU About Anti-European Forces
Zelensky Visits Paris, Brussels for Talks on Aid, EU Accession

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

‘The Behavior of Brussels Is Irrational’
Deputy Russian FM: European States Need to Step Out of Washington’s Shadow in Policymaking

Military Affairs

‘I Heard Two Bullets Whiz By. I Turned Around and Started Running on the Ice Toward the Norwegian Shore’
Wagner Combatant Defects to Norway, Tells of Summary Executions, Killings of Ukrainian POWs