Letter From the Editors
To Fear or Not to Fear, That Is the Question.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Can New Faces Help Settle Ukraine Conflict?
Has Russia’s Warlike Talk Gone ‘Off the Scale’?
Are Russia’s China Fears Unfounded?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
Russian Agency Investigated After Calling Crimea an ‘Occupied Territory.’
Russian NGO Under Fire for Calling the Crimea ‘Occupied’ Territory
The Economy
Putin Offers Little Change at Russia’s Top Economic Forum
MT: Putin Optimistic About Economic Outlook, but Offers Few Concrete Remedies for Problems
Military Affairs
Radars, Fighter Jets to Shield Arctic by 2016
Mukhin: RF Beefing Up Military in Arctic Even as Military Organization Questions Loom Large
Terrorism
Shadow of Islamic State Hangs over Russia
Shumilin: ISIS Ideology Resonating in Russia Among Disaffected Muslim Youth in the Caucasus
Deaths
Yevgeny Primakov: ‘The Hallmark of a Great Power Is Your Country’s Relevance.’
Former Russian PM Yevgeny Primakov Dies
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Armenia
Where Is the Electric Protests’ Main Switch?
Tukmakov: Yerevan Electricity Protests Taking on Increasingly Anti-Russian Tone
Tajikistan
Why Gen. Patrushev Should Be Concerned About Tajik Opposition’s Fate
Dubnov: Moscow’s Failure to Support Opposition Partly to Blame for ISIS Threat in Tajikistan
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Military Alliances
NATO Drastically Increasing Presence in Eastern Europe
Russia, NATO Trade Accusations After Meeting of Alliance’s Defense Ministers
China
China Learns Russian for Foreigners
Korostikov: Chinese Bill Regulating Foreign NGOs Modeled on Russia’s Law on ‘Foreign Agents’
Finland
A NUCLEAR Nuclear Energy Deal: What Does Putin Want from Finland?
Nosovich: Russia Hoping Finland Will Mediate Another ‘Final Act’ for the 21st Century