Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES     

Putin, Trump Plan Summit as New Sanctions Delayed
America’s Fifth Warning
A Bit Closer, But Still Far Away
Land Grab (FREE content)
It’s Lonely at the Summit (FREE content)

Lipetsk RFCP Office Under Fire for ‘Extremism’
RFCP Comes to Semi-Defense of Lipetsk Regional Committee
Homefront Audience
Election Maneuvering in Lipetsk

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION    

State and Law          

Pamfilova Suspects Balitsky of ‘Ukrainianism’
CEC Chair, Zaporozhye Governor Butt Heads Over Payroll Issues, Remarks on ‘Pre-2014’ Elections

ISIS and a ‘Ukrainian Connection’
Meduza: As Trial of Crocus Attackers, Conspirators Begins, ‘Ukrainian Connection’ Claims Still Dubious

Act of Inhumanity
Izvestia: Many Details Still Unknown as Traumatized Survivors Seek Justice in Crocus Attack

The Media     

From YouTube to Boob Tube
Meduza: Despite Throttling, YouTube Retains Some Russian Viewers; TV Beats Out Russian Analogues

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Moldova        

Shameful Term
Gagauz Head Gutul Defiant in Face of Seven-Year Prison Sentence; Zakharova Condemns ‘Disgrace’

Ukraine         

Ukrainian Petty Corruptionists Put on the Chopping Block
New NABU and SAPO Leadership Orders Arrests of Officials on Charges of Embezzling Defense Funds

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS      

Afghanistan  

Taliban and Mexican Cartels Training Islamist Fighters Together
NG: Cooperation Between Taliban, Mexican Cartels Threatens Stability in Central Asia, Russia

Japan 

Not the Best Option
Gaivoronsky: Allies Could Have Reached Peace With Japan Without Atomic Bombings

Poland           

The Emperor Has No Clothes
Euroskeptic and Right-Wing Populist Karol Nawrocki Assumes Presidency in Poland