Letter From the Editors
Cold War 2.0 to the Rescue – or How to Travel Back in Time Without Really Trying
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Russia, West Ramp Up Cold War Rhetoric
Does Russia Need Military Bases Abroad?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Moral and Political Reasons for Not Extraditing Snowden
Does Moscow Really Have Moral High Ground in Denying Snowden’s Extradition?
The Economy
Sechin’s Freudian Slip: Misunderstandings About Oil Production Freeze
Rare Disagreement Between Rosneft CEO, Putin Shows Russian Economy in Need of Reform
More on Privatization: Why Rosneft Did the Right Thing
Rosneft Purchased Bashneft to Finagle Greater Administrative Independence
Russia No Longer Calling
‘Russia Calling!’ Forum Stresses Domestic Reinvestment Instead of Foreign Investments
The Media
The Sechin Effect
Sechin’s Successful Media Lawsuits Show Independent Press Increasingly Under the Gun
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Minsk Threatens to Replace Russian Oil With Iranian
Minsk Negotiating Oil Imports With Iran Amid Energy Tiff With Russia
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Foreign Economic Relations
Turkish Verbal Stream
Energy Expert Krutikhin: Turkish Stream Project Looks Better on Paper Than in Reality
United Nations
‘The UN Is Like a Nuclear Bomb: Expensive to Make, but Even More Expensive to Destroy’
Russia, US Have Always Played More Decisive Role in Global Peacekeeping Than UN
Syria
We’re Fighting for America
Russia, West Should Cooperate Against ISIS in Syria Instead of Settling Political Scores
PR Phantom of the Syrian Opposition
West Using Moscow’s Involvement in Syria to Shift Blame for Its Failed Syria Policy
Espionage
One Hack Too Far
Russian Intelligence Services’ Hacking of DNC E-Mails Embarrassingly Sloppy