A not-so-rosy economic future;

Central Asian gains for Gazprom

IN KYIV, THE POLITICAL BALANCE TILTS AGAINST MOSCOW;

RUSSIA REMAINS AMONG WORLD’

S MOST CORRUPT NATIONS

Impasse deepens over Ukraine's political trajectory;

Kremlin centralizes space industry

Moscow will ignore the ruling of international court;

EU leaders lash out at Moscow

Russia to lead nuclear reactor construction in Iran;

Pussy Riot member resurfaces in Siberia