Letter From the Editors
‘Let Me Jump in Your Game!’ Newcomers Jump Into This Week’s News From Russia
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Is Trump the Wild Card in US-Russia Relations?
Russia’s Pivot East Acquires New Dimensions
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
The Russian Protest Movement: Not Dead, Not Alive, Just Different
Russian Protest Movement Is Not Dead – It’s Just Taking Different Forms
Elections
“We Don’t Want to Hang in There”
Opposition Parties Target Medvedev, Cabinet in Duma Election Campaign Ads
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Ukraine
Donetsk Basin Negotiation Format Is Changing
Donetsk Basin Talks Still Stalled as Sides Refuse to Make Concessions, but Are Changes Imminent?
A Cold War
Russia, Ukraine Likely to Remain in State of Mutual Hostility for Foreseeable Future
Uzbekistan
Who Wants to Be a Dictator?
Speculation Abounds About President Karimov’s Fate Following Reports of His Hospitalization
All Is Calm in Tashkent
Most Likely Nothing Will Change Once Karimov Is Replaced
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Stab in the Back – That’s Our Way
Kremlin Chooses to Associate Itself With Erratic Strongman Regimes
Military Affairs
Military Attaches Will Get More Information About Our Armed Forces
Russia to Provide Foreign Partners More Information About Its Snap Military Exercises
Germany
Germany Calls for New Arms Control Deal With Russia
Berlin Calls for New Arms Control Deal With Moscow
Dialogue Without Obligations
Proposed Changes More Advantageous to NATO Than Russia