Letter From the Editors
The Time Has Come to Talk of Many Things: From Ham Sandwiches to Saudi Kings
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Normandy Format, Minsk Agreements Faltering?
Speaker Naryshkin Claims Anti-Russia Conspiracy
Moscow Joins Fray to Rally Anti-ISIS Coalition
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Does Russia Need a State Ideology?
ARCSPO Director Discusses Status of State Ideology, National Ideas in Modern Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry Gets New, Outspoken Mouthpiece
Russian Foreign Ministry Gets New, Outspoken Spokesperson
Elections
Nonelection Campaign
Vedomosti: Nonestablishment Opposition Essentially Sidelined in Regional Elections
Crimea
Sevastopol Compromise
Kholmogorov: Moscow Must Tread Carefully When Addressing Political Squabbles in Sevastopol
Terrorism
Fighting Terrorism in the Arctic
FSB Director Says Russia Should Bolster Antiterrorism Measures in Arctic
Military Affairs
Russia’s Aerospace Forces Will Never Take Off
Golts: Russia’s Latest Military Branch Yet Another Example of Senseless Administrative Reshuffling
The Media
Dozhd TV and RBC Advancing the Interests of Britain’s Foreign Office
BBC Reporting on Russian TV Channels Sparks Controversy in Russia About Western Soft Power
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Interstate Relations
The ‘Five-Day War’ Today
Martynov: Russia’s 2008 War With Georgia Set the Tone for Its Actions in Ukraine, West’s Response
Belarus
Celestial Russia: Why Does Aleksandr Lukashenko Need Chinese Suitors?
President Lukashenko Committed to Deepening Relations With China Despite Public Skepticism
Ukraine
Russian Propaganda Feeds on Kiev’s Culture War
Ukrainian Ban on Certain Russian Books Triggers Backlash From Russia, International Organizations
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Foreign Economic Relations
U.S. Sanctions Put Gazprom-Shell Alliance Plans in Jeopardy
China
China Will Provide No Funding: Can Siberian Might Be Saved?
Krutikhin: Russia’s Gas Deal With China Going From Bad to Worse, Despite Frantic Efforts to Save It
Saudi Arabia
Russia and Saudi Arabia: Meeting Each Other Halfway
High-Level Saudi Delegation’s Russia Visit Portends Changes in Russian-Saudi Relations