Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Novaya Gazeta’s Muratov Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Prison Torture Clips Spark Outrage, Probe

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State and Law

60 Things You Are Not Allowed to Talk About
FSB: List of Unclassified Information Banned for Use Does Not Violate Freedom of Speech, the Press

Regions

Resets for the ‘Right People.’
Meduza: Law on Striking Term Limits for Regional Heads, Standardizing Titles Submitted to Duma

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Belarus

Europe Will Try to Sue Lukashenko
European Deputies Look for Ways to Investigate Lukashenko’s Crimes Before International Court

Georgia

Georgian Dream Fades Slightly But Holds On
Roks: Ruling Georgian Dream Party Retains Power, But Showing Poor, Especially in Tbilisi

Ukraine

Nonparty Discipline
Supreme Rada Votes to Remove Speaker Razumkov, One-Time Zelensky Ally

The ‘Stars and Stripes’ Course of the Ukrainian President
Zhiltsov: Zelensky’s Foreign Policy at Odds With His Campaign Promises, Public Sentiment

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Inside the Pandora Papers
Russian, Ukrainian Governments Deny Presidents, Associates Implicated in Pandora Papers

Tehran and Moscow Reaffirm Consensus
Iranian Foreign Minister Visits Moscow, Discusses JCPOA, Transcaucasus Platform With Russian FM

Foreign Economic Relations

The Gas Crunch
Russian Officials: Europe’s Spiking Gas Prices the Result of Putting Politics Before Economic Sense

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Hope for Survival: How Peaceful Coexistence Between Russia and the U.S. Could Be Achieved in a New Cold War
Golts: Russia, US Should Look to Past Successes as Arms Reduction Negotiations Begin Anew

Europe

EU Unable to Develop a Russia Strategy (Read this article online for FREE)
Arbatova: Return to Peaceful Coexistence the Most Promising ‘Russia Strategy’ for Brussels

United States

Biden Proclaims Era of ‘Relentless Diplomacy.’
Frolov: US at ‘Pivotal Point’ With Biden Facing Major Challenges at Home, Abroad