Letter From the Editors (FREE content)

FEATURED NEWS STORIES

Agreement on Ukraine Peace Plan Remains Elusive
Change of Course
Peace Train
Vladimir Zelensky Approves New Plans (FREE content)
Will a Peace Agreement Be Signed by Christmas?

Putin Talks Demography, Economy in Strategy Meeting
Demography Lesson
Putin Once Again Orders Government to Improve Demography, Rev Up Economy

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Political Parties/Blocs

RFCP Trapped by Fast Domestic Social Media
NG: RFCP Blames Algorithm as Party’s YouTube Content Outperforms Domestic Platforms 100,000%

‘Leonid Slutsky’s Pipe Dreams’: How the LDPR Leader Promotes Himself, and Who Profits
Sergeyev: Slutsky Spends Big on Analysts-for-Hire to Raise Profile, Tout LDPR as ‘Second Party’

State and Law

After 16 Years in Prison for Murders of Lawyer and Journalist, Russian Ex-Neo-Nazi Activist Yevgenia Khassis Free and Talking
Yevgenia Khassis, Neo-Nazi Convicted in 2009 Double Murder, Reflects on Life After Release

By Force of Law
Putin, Judge Zorkin Mark Constitution Day, Pledge to Protect Basic Law, Justify Leaving ECHR

The Economy

Anton Siluanov: ‘A Balanced Budget Is Key to Sustainable Public Finances’
Minister Siluanov Shares Lessons From Career at Finance Ministry Spanning 40 Turbulent Years

OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES

The CIS

CIS States Boost Defense Capabilities
General: Moscow Meeting of CIS Defense Ministry Representatives Opportunity to Trade Experience

Armenia

Pashinyan Organizes Crusade to Echmiadzin
Allies of AAC Catholicos Decry ‘Elements of Schism’ as Pashinyan-Friendly Clerics Omit Name in Liturgy

Moldova

Why Is Moldova Buying Antiaircraft Guns and Mortars?
Gamova: Chisinau’s DM Touts New Weapons System Acquisitions, Raising Conflict Fears

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

United States

Take It Out of the States
AmCham President: US Companies Want to Expand Investments in Russian Market

Venezuela

A Play for the Republic
Izvestia: Situation in Venezuela Uncertain as US Mulls Ground Invasion