Letter From the Editors
What Are Russia’s Air Strikes Accomplishing in Syria?
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Has Syria Operation Reached an Impasse?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
Military Deaths to Remain Secret
Supreme Court Upholds President’s Executive Order Making Military Deaths Classified Information
Military Affairs
Russia Not Interested in Getting Into an Arms Race
Russia to Strengthen Capabilities of Strategic Nuclear Forces, Military-Industrial Complex
The Media
The Mysterious Death of the Man Behind Putin’s Media Machine
Once-Powerful Media Magnate Mikhail Lesin Dead of Apparent Heart Attack in Washington Hotel
Human Rights
Crackdown’s Undermining Constitutional Order
Baidakova: Justice Ministry’s Persecution of Memorial Human Rights Center Is Unconstitutional
Religion
Reconciliation With Evil: Why the Patriarch Talks About Success Under Stalinism
Arkhangelsky: ROC Patriarch’s Statements About Stalin’s Achievements Undermine ‘Reconciliation’
Accidents/Disasters
Why Doesn’t Russia Want to Recognize A321 Crash as Terrorist Act?
Kashin: Putin Reluctant to Call Sinai Plane Crash Act Of Terrorism Since That Would Ruin His Image
Miscellany
Art, Madness or Terrorism? Pyotr Pavlensky and the Art of Weakness
Performance Artist Pyotr Pavlensky Sets Fire to Doors Of FSB Headquarters on Lubyanka Square
Freedom of Lawlessness
Mizulina: Charlie Hebdo’s Mockery of Russian Plane Crash Victims Shows West’s Warped Values
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
The CIS
Syrian Conflict: A Risky Agenda for Post-Soviet States
Karavayev: Russia’s CIS Partners Wary of Backing Moscow’s Syrian Agenda
Belarus
Belarussian President Says No to Reforms
Aleksandr Lukashenko Lashes Out at Reform Proponents in His Inauguration Address
Ukraine
Poroshenko May Fall Out With the U.S.
Appointment of Anticorruption Prosecutor Puts Kiev On Collision Course With West
Poroshenko Orders Strengthening of Defenses
Kiev Set to Boost Defense Spending
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Military Affairs
NATO Fears ‘Accidental or Sudden’ War With Russia
Mukhin: NATO Uneasy About Russia’s Growing Military Might
Turkey
Turkey Poised to Invade Syria
Akulov: Turkey’s Plans to Move Military Forces Into Syria Fraught With Risk
China
An Asian Indicator
Lukyanov: Growing China-Taiwan Ties Symbolize Peaceful Prospects of Asia’s Rise