LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Fake Diplomacy, Freak Diplomacy, Vaccine Diplomacy: Foreign Policy Goes Viral

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Russia Recalls Its US Ambassador

Opposition, Officials Prepare for Duma Vote

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Lawyer: Navalny Is Being Deliberately Denied Medical Care to Undermine His Health

Spokesman Peskov Answers Media’s Questions About Navalny’s Sleep Deprivation, Lack of Medical Care

Security Council Secretary Patrushev Warns of Terrorist Sleeper Cells in Russia

Patrushev: West Plotting to Stir Chaos in Russia Ahead of 2021 Duma Elections  

The Presidency  

Rodin: Biden’s Jab Gives ‘Besieged’ Putin, Prosecutors Tools in Duma Race  (Read this article online for FREE)

The Media

Novaya Gazeta Weighs Options After Chemical Attack on Offices  

Human Rights

Prosecutor General’s Office Seeks to Represent Russia at ECHR  

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Moldova

Gamova: President Sandu Scores Constitutional Court Victory Against Igor Dodon

Ukraine

Zelensky Vows Judicial Reform After Protesters Vandalize Presidential Office  

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Bochkov: ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ Is the Newest Form of Superpower Competition

Russian Defense Ministry Rep: Moscow Is Deepening Cooperation With Myanmar Junta

China

Russia-China Meeting Not Aimed Against Anyone, Participants Stress