Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2065
The great Far East land giveaway;
Legal troubles for Putin's cronies
The great Far East land giveaway;
Legal troubles for Putin's cronies
Russia's uncivil protests;
The Nordic states game NATO membership
 
"I can assure you," Wendy Sherman, President Barack Obama's lead negotiator on the Iran nuclear deal, said the other day, "that if Iran takes truly horrific terrorist action, or truly horrific human rights action, that people will respond." Uh huh.
China cracks down on titanium exports to DPRK;
Beijing still battling capital outflows  
Some advice from the IMF;
Tehran bucks the OPEC trend;
Iran, India tightens ties...;
...as Tehran looks east;
The SCO sizes up the Islamic Republic