A trial balloon for Russian nuclear use;
Congress targets Russian funds in the West;
Russia seeks to upgrade Israel ties

The debate over designating Wagner;
Minsk and Moscow's nukes;
The fate of Russia's military brass;
Russia revisits the food weapon

Washington moves away from new START.. finally;
Russian wartime infighting escalates;
Expert: Russia committing "Cultural Genocide" in Ukraine;
The cost of Bakhmut;
Russia takes back Asian arms

Prioritizing war over education;
How Wagner is exploiting Africa;
Gallup: Russia in imperial decline;
Informing on your neighbors makes a comeback

The risky business of Russian defense science;
Truss: focus on Ukrainian victory, not Russian Democracy;
A different kind of prisoner's dilemma;
Belgrade rethinks loosened citizenship rules for Russians;
Greater connectivity for Kyiv