Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Ceasefire Interrupts US-Iran Escalation
Iran: Euphoria Before Hell (FREE content)
In the Waiting Zone
Shadow of Victory
Going Off Escalation
China Acted as Behind-the-Scenes Guarantor For US-Iran Truce

Russian Regions Ravaged by Heavy Rain, Floods
Losses From Spring Flooding Estimated in the Billions of Rubles
Floods in Russia’s Dagestan Have Affected Thousands
Assistance for People

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Regions

‘I Did Everything With All My Heart’
Former Kursk Governor Sentenced Under Plea Deal, Details Predecessor’s Massive Corruption Scheme

Education

Valery Falkov: ‘We Are Building the Country’s Scientific and Technological Framework’
Science and Education Minister: Megaprojects in Advanced Sectors Give Russia Scientific Edge

Space

Unseen Guards of Yury Gagarin’s Flight
Potekhina: Command and Measurement Complex, Critical in Gagarin’s Time, Helps Space Forces Today

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Georgia

National Unity Day in Tbilisi Ends With Clashes
Georgian Dream Bristles at Appointment of Georgians to Positions in Ukraine as Georgia Marks Unity Day

Ukraine

Timoshenko Accused of Bribery on Particularly Large Scale
Anticorruption Agencies Charge Timoshenko With Bribing Supreme Rada Deputies

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Military Alliances

Outcome: Disintegration
Trump Backs Off Threat to Leave NATO After Meeting With Rutte

Hungary

Orban Plays US Card in Campaign Push for New Term
Vance Visits Hungary to Pledge Support for Orban in Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

Moscow’s Man on the Inside
Pershin: Depth of Orban’s Ties to Russia Revealed in Election Campaign