Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Top Russian Officials Decry US Role in Ukraine (Read an article from this feature online for FREE)

Azovstal Surrenders to Russian Forces

CSTO Leaders Talk Strategy in Moscow

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

New Horizons
RFCP’s Bondarenko: Regime’s Failures Becoming Glaringly Apparent in Latest Standoff With West

Elections

‘We’re Flying Blind Now’
Pertsev: Hawks Want Election Freeze on Table, Even as Kremlin Tries Not to Rock the Boat

Mironov Crafts Message to Cancel Elections
Opposition Party Leader Makes Impassioned Case Against Holding September Vote

Bet on Elections
United Russia’s Turchak, Klishas Reaffirm Party’s Commitment to Regular Elections

State and Law

ECHR Does Not Count
Duma Bill Would End ECHR’s Jurisdiction in Russia

The Economy

Parallel Import for a Parallel World
Trade Ministry Explains Parallel Import Scheme; Experts Weigh Advantages, IP Concerns

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Transcaucasus

Abkhazia and South Ossetia Continue to Fence Themselves Off From Georgia
Council of Europe Cites Human Rights Abuses in Latest Report on Conflict in Georgia

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Starts With Small Repressions
Official Ashgabat Imposes New Restrictions on Women’s Dress, Behavior

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Should Russia Play the Nuclear Card?
Arbatov: Ratcheting Up Nuclear Rhetoric for Political Effect a Dangerous Game

Foreign Economic Relations

Moscow Accused of Waging Grain War
West Accuses Moscow of Waging ‘Grain War’

Energy Ballast
Putin Call Europe’s Plan to Phase Out Russian Fuel Economic Suicide

Military Alliances

Bloc-to-Bloc
Kortunov: If Finland, Sweden Join NATO, Europe’s Autonomy From US to Be ‘Postponed Indefinitely’