Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Navalnaya Takes on Late Husband’s Mantle
‘We Know Exactly Why Putin Killed Aleksei Three Days Ago’
‘It Stays in the Body Indefinitely’
‘She Took Up The Banner Her Husband Carried Before He Was Killed’
‘It Doesn’t Have to End With Navalny’ (FREE content)

Russia Marks Two Years of War

Sovereign Decision
‘If Not for Russia’s Help, the Donetsk Basin Would Have Become the Gaza Strip Two Years Earlier’
‘Putin’s Regime Can No Longer Exist Without Escalation’

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Elections

Nadezhdin – Nope for Hope
Supreme Court Rejects Nadezhdin’s Lawsuit on Invalid Signatures

State and Law

Any Mention of Foreign Agents to Be Banned in Media
Draft Law Introduces Restrictions on Advertising of ‘Foreign Agents’ in Media

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

The CIS

‘Games of the Future, Our Gift to the Global Sports Family’
Putin Touts Russian Athletics, Hosts Neighbors at Inaugural Games of the Future in Kazan

Transcaucasus

Dispatch From Margara
Hovsepyan: Yerevan, Ankara Inch Toward Border Deal; Pashinyan Stresses Benefits to Skeptical Armenians

Ukraine

Prime Minister Shmygal Promises Ukrainians Economic Miracle
Prikhodko: Ukrainian PM Shmygal in Tokyo Pledges Postwar Boom; Experts Say Ukraine Is Not Japan

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

‘The West Isn’t Ready for Talks With Moscow Yet’
SIPRI Director: West Does Not Believe Ukraine Can Defeat Russia This Year

Foreign Economic Relations

Why the US Is Winning Global Competition With China
Pasternak: US Currently Winning Competition With China, but China has ‘Good Chances’ for Long Term

Military Affairs

Star Wars – It’s Not Just for the Big Screen Anymore
Stankevich: Agreement to Prevent ‘Star Wars’ Possible, but Only as Part of Ukraine Settlement