Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Moscow Reacts to Mixed GOP Results in US Midterms

Russia Leaves Grain Deal to Return Days Later

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Political Change Starts With St. Petersburg
Rivalry Between Prigozhin and Governor Beglov Heats Up in St. Petersburg

In Need of Representation
Appointment of Senators From New Russian Regions Delayed

Political Parties/Blocs

Communists Aim for Presidential, Moscow Mayoral and City Council Elections
RFCP Rally Signals Regime’s Tacit Approval of Party’s Return to Active Political Life

Public Attitudes

Employers Stunned by Disappearance of Employees and Job Seekers
New Poll Shows Partial Mobilization Dealt Major Blow to Employment Numbers

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

The CIS

Russia Reconciling Armenia, Azerbaijan
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia Reach Statement but Not Agreement at Sochi Talks on Nagorno-Karabakh

Iran Wants to Solve Transcaucasus Problems Without External Forces’ Involvement
Armenian PM Pashinyan Visits Tehran as Raisi Aims to Keep Foreign ‘Interference’ Out of Caucasus

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

Joe, Before and After
Veteran Spy Bezrukov: Post-Hegemonic West Will Continue Indirect War Until Ukrainians Are Routed

Putin the Anticolonialist (Read this article online for FREE)
Pertsev: Putin Orders Multipronged Effort to Forge Alliances Against ‘Pernicious Anglo-Saxons’

Military Affairs

How the US Intends to Stand Up to Russia and China
Golts: Experts Ho-Hum Over Biden’s Vague Strategic Defense Doctrine Package

Africa

Heavenly Savanna
Rossotrudnichestvo Head Touts NGO-Led Russian House ‘Franchises’ to Project Soft Power in Africa