LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
Instability in the Post-Soviet Space – Can You Bank on It?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Fighting Between Baku, Yerevan Intensifies
Kyrgyz Elections Spark Mass Unrest
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The Presidency
Putin Spends Birthday Giving Comments to Russian Press, Taking Calls From Foreign Leaders
Military Affairs
Meduza Interviews Gerbert Yefremov, Top-Secret Russian Weapons Designer
Medicine/Public Health
Karasyuk: As COVID Cases Rise, Officials Rush to Absolve Themselves, Pin the Blame on the Public
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Regime Steps Up Repressions, Sanctions Against EU States as Local Protests Show No Sign of Abating
In Germany, Belarussian Opposition Leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Stresses Her Transitional Role
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Syria
Belenakaya: Once Beneficial to Moscow, Russia’s Syria Operation Now More of a Liability
United States
Frolov: Why Did Russian, US National Security Chiefs Hold Unexpected Meeting in Geneva?
Russia, US Continue Talks on New START, but US Presidential Election Will Likely Decide Its Fate