Letter From the Editors
When Putin Looks in the Mirror, He Sees Erdogan; Can Russian Truckers Bring Down the Regime?

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Can Moscow, Ankara Step Back From the Brink?

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Politics

Sixth Column of Truckers
Rogov: Trucker Protest Destroying Kremlin Myth of Close Unity Between People, Putin

Khodorkovsky Breaks Truce With Putin
Gorbachov: Khodorkovsky’s Latest Criticisms of Putin Regime Breaks His Truce With Authorities

State and Law

How to Ignore a Corruption Scandal, Kremlin Style
Hobson: Kremlin May Not Be Able to Sweep PGO Scandal Under the Rug This Time

Russia’s Prosecutor General Blames Browder for Corruption Accusations
Prosecutor General Claims US Secret Service Behind Embezzlement Schemes He Is Accused of

Russia to Rule on European Court of Human Rights Decisions
New Law Grants Constitutional Court Power to Decide Whether Russia Must Abide by ECHR Rulings

Human Rights

Figure of the Week: Three Years
Activist Ildar Dadin Faces Three Years in Prison Under Amended Law on Protest Rallies

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

Transcaucasus

Transcaucasian Confusion
Simonyan: Russia-Turkey Conflict Puts Transcaucasus Countries in Tight Spot

Armenia

Why Is Armenia Becoming a Parliamentary Republic?
Armenians Vote to Transition to Parliamentary Republic

Moldova

Poroshenko Sends Forces From Donetsk Basin to Transnistria
Chisinau Apprehensive of Ukrainian Troop Buildup Near Transnistria

Ukraine

Biden to Decide on Saakashvili’s Appointment
Odessa Province Governor Saakashvili Hints at Large-Scale Corruption in Ukrainian Government

Escalation in Eastern Ukraine as Minsk Talks Stall
Fighting Escalates in Donetsk Basin as Talks Seem to Stall

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Foreign Economic Relations

Dollar and Yuan: Two Versions of China’s Monetary Policy
Katasov: US, China Using Monetary Policies to Boost Their Exports, Positions on Capital Market

Iran

Russia Is Counting on Billions in Contracts With Iran
Russia Counting on Lucrative Arms Contracts With Iran Following Lifting of Sanctions

Europe

Russia and Europe: Toward New Rules
Ivanov: Russia, West Must Seek Cooperation on Shared Problems, Not Integration Based on Shared Values