Letter From the Editors

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Donetsk Basin Conflict Enters Deep Freeze (Read an article from this feature online for FREE)

Pressure Mounts on Lukashenko Amid Border Crisis

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

State and Law

On the Potential for Further Constitutional Amendments
NG: Trend Toward Isolationism Means Additional Constitutional Amendments Possible

Military Affairs

Borderline Permissible
Grebenkin: NATO Encroachment, Afghan Instability Creating Tensions at Russia’s Borders

Penal System

Fcs Leadership Succumbs to Torture
Prison Torture Scandal Results in Appointment of New FCS Head; Genuine Reforms Needed, Say Activists

Human Rights

‘The Biggest Threat in Its 30-Year History’
Meduza: Memorial Human Rights Organization Faces Closure After PGO Suit Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Label

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Enters New Phase of Protests
Experts Predict Protests Following Parliamentary Elections

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

World Politics

How Will Russia Respond to The West’s Policy of Confrontation?
Putin: Foreign Ministry Must Find New Ways to Protect RF Interests as Conflict With West Grows

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

What Kind of Future Is the U.S. Is Preparing for the World?
Yakovenko: Can US Continue to Reject Conventional Arms Control as Russia, China Build Up Arsenals?

Khrushchev 2.0: We’ll Show You!
Golts: Russia’s Destruction of Satellite May Signal New Missile Defense Concept

Serbia

Gas Contact
Aleksandar Vucic Meets With Putin in Sochi, Secures Lowest Gas Price in Europe

Europe

Europe’s Suitor: Can Emmanuel Macron Replace Angela Merkel?
Panina: Is Macron Too Outspoken to Take Over European Council Presidency From Merkel?

United States

Washington Makes an Authoritarian Choice
RBC Daily: Moscow, Beijing Blast Washington’s Summit for Democracy as Divisive