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FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Russia, US Attempt to Revive Flagging Cooperation

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Everyone’s Business
Putin Vows to Tackle Poverty, Discuss Strategic Planning in Meetings with PM, Security Council

Russia Predicted to Become Hospice (Read this article online for FREE)
Experts Comment on Pluses, Minuses of New National Security Strategy

Elections

Stop the Steal, Rock the Vote
Meduza: Revoting Feature on Remote Electronic Voting Platform Leaves Room for Manipulation

State and Law

Unlimited Liability Community
IC Charges Navalny Headquarters With Attempting Violent Overthrow of Government

‘Nothing to Do With Business’
Cybersecurity Firm CEO Arrested in Moscow

Medicine/Public Health

‘There Are Lines for Ambulances Again’
Experts Predict Another COVID Wave as Cases in Moscow, Certain Regions Spike

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Belarus

Lukashenko Opens Ukrainian Front
Lukashenko Expresses Sympathy for Migrants, Impatience with Ukraine

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Russia Threatens YouTube Block Over Rt German Spat
YouTube Blocks RT DE, Russia Threatens Retaliation Against German Media

When the Sky Is Covered
Security Council Head Patrushev Visits Sakhalin Missile Sites, Decries Foreign Meddling

Erdogan to Support ‘War of Drones’ in Donetsk Basin
Turkey, Ukraine Move Ahead With Drone Sales, Joint Production Despite Russian Protests

Foreign Economic Relations

Russia’s Gazprom Inks 15-Year Gas Contract With Hungary
Russia-Hungary Gas Deal to Bypass Ukraine via Southern TurkStream Route

China

‘The Chinese Are Coming? No, They’re Already Here!’: How China Is Becoming America’s Biggest Foe
Bovt: As Standoff Between China, US Intensifies, Military Clash Cannot Be Ruled Out