Letter From the Editors
Democracy May Be the Worst Form of Government – But What’s the Worst Form of Democracy?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Is Kremlin Setting Up Early Presidential Race?
How Carefully Do You Read the CDRP?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Inconvenient Truth Lies Behind Putin’s War Talk
Sukhov: Putin’s Promise of 40 More ICBMs Displays Ignorance, Boastfulness, Weakness
Khodorkovsky Is Willing to Wait for Regime Change
Razuvayev: Khodorkovsky Becoming a More Ardent Putin Opponent but Not an Imminent Threat
Why Russia Does Not Need a Marshall Plan
NG: Idea of a ‘Marshall Plan’ for Russia Not Relevant under Current Circumstances
Kudrin and Gref at the Forum: ‘Let Them Talk” Is the Name of the Show
Stanovaya: Putin’s ‘Manual Control’ Regime Impedes Development of Independent Institutions, Reforms
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev Gives Peacekeepers Green Light
Astana Approves Law Allowing Kazakh Troops to Participate in International Peacekeeping Missions
Moldova
Transnistria Garrison Taking What It Can Get
Felgengauer: OGRF’s Greatest Threat Not Ukraine’s Transit Blockade but Odessa Province Governor
Poroshenko Takes Transnistria from Saakashvili
Experts: Saakashvili Has No Say on Transnistria Issue; No One Wants Transnistria Conflict to Flare Up
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Cold War Is Back in Town
Golts: US, Russia Have Entered a New Cold War
Globalists’ New Weapons
Zyuganov: Russia Needs Leaders Willing to Stand Up to West’s Neoliberal, Neoglobalist Diktat
Foreign Economic Relations
Hague Sanctons: How Yukos Compensation Will Hit Russia
Fishman: Russia Brushes Off $50 Billion Penalty in Yukos Case as It Touts Its Own Notion of Justice
China
China Takes Transbaikal Under Its Patronage
Chinese Firm Moves Closer to Leasing Large Area of Farm, Pasture Land in Transbaikal Territory