Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES          

Police Raids Destabilize Russia-Azerbaijan Relations
‘Unacceptable Violence’
Police Raid Kremlin-Backed News Agency Office in Baku Amid Rising Tensions With Moscow
Conflict for Compatriot Affairs
The Art of the Possible
Short Circuit

Student Protests Reignite in Serbia
A Baton Across Your Report Card
Serbian ‘Students’ vs. Serbian ‘Parents’

Russia Seeks Path Forward on Climate Change
Moscow Offered Role of Global Climate Peacemaker
Global South Needs Own Climate Agenda

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION        

Political Parties/Blocs

Communists Recall Experience of Bolsheviks Ahead of Elections
RFCP Casts Self as Protector of Ethnic Interests in Effort to Expand Electorate

State and Law

Being a Foreign Agent Now a Crime (FREE content)
Duma Deputies Introduce Bill Criminalizing ‘Foreign Agent’ Status

Military Affairs          

Rusty Shore
Former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Corruption

A New Level of Medical Care
DM Belousov Meets With Health, Defense Officials to Discuss Medical Care for Frontline Troops

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES      

Armenia         

Pashinyan to ‘Dekulakize’ Disgraced Billionaire by End of July
Bill to Nationalize Power Company Passes Assembly as Oligarch, Church Allies Remain in Custody

Belarus           

‘There Is Nothing Left of the Geopolitical Product Lukashenko Could Have Sold the West’
Karbalevich: Lukashenko’s Kellogg Talks Approved by Kremlin; President Lacks Leverage to Act Freely

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

France

Macron Asks for Seat at the Table
Experts: Macron’s Call to Putin Shows Desire to ‘Test Waters’ on Talks

United States  

Missile Stopper
US Halts Missiles for Ukraine Citing Priority Shift, but Experts Say Reversal Possible