No breakthrough after Lavrov visit;
Moscow backs breathing room for Pyongyang;
Regional HIV crisis offers drug runners an opportunity;
Putin's constitutional plans;
Prison nightmare continues for Israeli-American tourist

Crackdown on Jehovah's witnesses continues;
Studying abroad: The newest "undesirable" activity?
Another incentive for Africa?
US/EU image improves among Russians;
A shooting at the Lubyanka

Surprise legal victory for Russian blogger;
Putin and Zelensky meeting labeled a draw;
Disaster on Russia's lone aircraft carrier;
Russia-Germany dispute escalates;
A new record in population decline

GAZPROM scores "contract of the century";
Putin's new START proposal;
The private jet of Russia's elite;
WADA hands down unprecedented ban

New bridge to link Russia, China;
Spy ship hiding off U.S. coast?;
A hostile climate for business;
Summer airstrikes targeted Syrian civilians;
A broader foreign agents law;
Negotiations stall on Russian-Belarusian integration