Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2101
Military veterans get shortchanged;
Russia settles in in Syria 
Military veterans get shortchanged;
Russia settles in in Syria 
CDI serving as Party's political inquisitor;
Xi stresses value of party control over state-owned enterprises
Russian rubles spur Ukrainian separatism;
Militarizing Kaliningrad
China eyes closer ties to Iran post-sanctions;
Xi visits Bangladesh, pledges $24 billion
You might not know it, but Russia is losing. The official narrative, promulgated by the Kremlin via its extensive propaganda machine, is that Russia is resurgent on the world stage, and that its status as a global power is increasingly unassailable. Over time, this take has become embraced in official Washington, to the point where it is now more or less conventional wisdom, at least on the presidential campaign trail.