Letter From the Editors
The Trick to the Syrian Resolution Puts Putin’s Prestige on the Line
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Syria’s Bashar Assad Visits Kremlin
Constitutional Court Weighs In on ECHR Rulings
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
The Path That Is Not There
Yavlinsky: Putin Is on the Wrong Side of History; Russia Must Embrace European Civilization
Syria at Valdai: Why the West Doesn’t Understand Putin’s Logic
Golosov: Putin’s Views on Syria Illogical
Science
Secret Publications
Aptekar: What Is Prompting Special Services to Place Scientists, Scholars Under Greater Scrutiny?
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
CIS
Commonwealth Countries Stick Together in the Face of Common Challenges
Belarus
Lukashenko Leaves the Government as It Is
Khodasevich: Newly Reelected Lukashenko Promises Reforms, but Will He Deliver?
Ukraine
Lavrov, Kerry Look for a Way out of the Minsk Impasse
Trilateral Contact Group Struggling to Find Common Ground During Latest Round of Negotiations
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Open Your Eyes, America
PM Medvedev Says US’s Refusal to Negotiate With Russia on Syria a Shortsighted, Weak Position
Decline of an Empire
Rodnyansky: US Crumbling as Global Hegemon as Russia Demonstrates Its Growing Strength
Foreign Economic Relations
Foreign Investors Complain About Unpredictability of Russian Laws