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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Chronicles of State Capitalism: ‘You Leave Us With Very Few Option
Karasyuk: Moscow’s Inability to Deliver on Sputnik V Orders Undermining Putin’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’
Putin’s History: What Are the Tasks of Medinsky’s Commission?
Sinitsyn: Medinsky’s Commission to Ensure Russia Teaches the ‘Right Kind’ of History
Postelection Context: Domestic Political Tasks of the Foreign Intelligence Service
Davydov: Intelligence Chief Naryshkin Outlines Who Is Working to ‘Influence’ Upcoming Elections
The Media
A New Kind of ‘Foreign Agent’
Meduza: Gathering Open-Source Information May Now Result in ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Interstate Relations
Kiev Defines Foreign Policy Priorities, Minsk – Defense Priorities, Chisinau – Domestic Priorities, But All in Relation To Moscow
Neighboring States Clarify Policy Attitudes Toward Russia
Belarus
Aleksandr Lukashenko’s Crumpled Trump Card: What to Make of the Proposal to Deploy Russian Troops to Belarus
Golts: Lukashenko’s Statement on Deploying Russian Troops Follows Complicated History as Ally
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek Introduces Manual Control Mode for Economy
Parliament Adopts ‘State of Emergency’ for Economy as Country Struggles to Pay Pensions, Wages
Askar Akayev to Set Off Kumtorgate
Experts: Ex-President’s Akayev’s Visit to Bishkek May Be Used to Undermine Pro-Western Forces
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
‘Ukraine Won’t Join the EU in Our Lifetime’
Chizhov: Eastern Partners Unlikely to Join the EU; Big Pharma Influencing Europe’s Sputnik Stance
Baku and Washington on the Edge of Conflict
US House Approves Cuts to Azerbaijan Aid; Turkey Halts Cyprus Reunification Talks
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
‘Iran Is Increasingly Departing From Its Commitments Under the Original JCPO’
Ulyanov: Postelection Iran Slow to Resume Nuclear Talks, Putting JCPOA’s Renewal in Jeopardy
United States
Moscow Proposes Exchanging Diplomats With Washington
Russian Ambassador: US’s Failure to Extend Visas for Embassy Staff Aimed to Force Staff Reductions