LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Lukashenko Pulls Strings With Slavic Neighbors
Novichok Poisons Russia-West Relations
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Elections
United Russia Claims Landslide Victory in Regional Elections, Based on Preliminary Results (Read this article for free)
Noble: Voting Process, Results Highlight Key Features of Kremlin’s ‘Electoral Toolbox’
The Economy
Ekspert: Medvedev’s Minimum Income Pitch a Populist Measure That Would Torpedo the Economy
Kudrin: Post-COVID Recovery Will Be Slow, but Economic Outlook Is Not as Dire as Predicted
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Turkmenistan
Authorities’ Decision to Suspend Teaching in Russian at Public Schools Met With Backlash
Ukraine
Meeting of Normandy Format Political Advisers Yields No Breakthroughs on Donetsk Basin Conflict
Gushchin: Regional Elections Will Weaken Ruling Party, Strengthen Regional Political Forces
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Fenenko: As Post-WWII World Order Collapses, Chance of Large-Scale Conflict on the Rise
Moscow BRICS Security Summit Discusses Emerging Global Threats
Vladimir Solovyov: West Must Get Own House in Order Before Telling Other Countries What to Do
United States
Sysoyev: Kosovo-Serbia Agreement Boosts US Status in the Balkans, Sidelining EU, Russia, China