Letter From the Editors
Socialism Without a Corrupt Face.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES
Assad Poised to Retake Aleppo, Loses Palmyra
Navalny Announces 2018 Presidential Bid
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Politics
Do We Need A State Ideology? Yes, We Do!
A Just Russia’s Sergei Mironov Explains Why Russia Needs a State Ideology
The Government
Time to Be Pragmatic
Prime Minister Medvedev Looks Back on 2016 in Annual TV Interview
The Economy
Special Financial Ops
In Surprise Move, Rosneft Sells Share Package to Qatar and Third-Party Company
The Media
A Hollow Victory
Former RBC Editor: Independent News Agency Has Survived Lawsuit, but Fight Not Over
OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Belarus
Belarus Goes After ‘Russian World’ Adherents
Government Charges Authors of Several Russian Publications With Inciting Ethnic Hatred
Transnistria
President on the Road to Russia
Pro-Russian Candidate Wins Presidential Election With Promises of Expanding Social Benefits
Ukraine
Yulia Seems to Have Lost Hope
Timoshenko’s Batkivshchina Party Prepares to Expel Ex-POW Nadezhda Savchenko
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
Asia in Motion
Major Political Shifts in Asia Give Russia Chance to Refashion Image in the Region
Europe
Who Is Mogherini Scaring?
EU Diplomatic Chief Mogherini’s Recent Remarks Give Clear Warnings to Trump