Letter From the Editors
A Big Week in Munich: Supporting Players Take Center Stage
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Medvedev Speaks at Munich Security Conference
Supreme Rada Coalition Collapses
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Kremlin Confession: Why do the Siloviki Need Dialogue With Businesspeople?
Stanovaya: Putin Proposal Forces Businesspeople to Meet Regularly With Law Enforcers
Nongovernmental Organizations
Putin’s Preemptive Strike
Litvinova: Kremlin Ratcheting Up Crackdown on NGOs Ahead of State Duma Election
The Economy
Four Headless Horsemen
Butrin: Russia’s Anticrisis Plan a Hodgepodge of Remedies That Won’t Lead to a Cure
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
The CIS
Like Europe, Russia Has No Circle of Friend
Gamova: Russia No Longer Has Circle of Friends Around It
Belarus
Lukashenko Bans Crisis Talk
President Lukashenko Again Rejects Reforms Proposed by His Government
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Iran
Iran’s Defense Chief Visits Moscow: Another Step to Boost Cooperation Amid Growing Tensions
Korzun: Tehran Seeking to Use Military Cooperation With Russia to Increase Its Influence in Middle East
Syria
Forcing Each Other to Make Peace
Felgengauer: Ceasefire Proposed in Syrian Conflict, but Terms Unlikely to Be Met
Ground Provocation
Murtazin: Emboldened by Russian Air Support, Assad Rejects Ceasefire Proposals