Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1989
Russia warns Sweden, while the Pentagon prepares;
An extension for European sanctions
 
Russia warns Sweden, while the Pentagon prepares;
An extension for European sanctions
 
For decades, first the Soviet Union and then Russia languished under adverse population trends. Deaths far outpaced births, life expectancy was dismally low, and social ills, from alcoholism to unsafe abortion practices, were rampant.
Mobilization in the Arctic;
Nuclear jitters in NATO
 
PLA still weeding out corruption in Logistics Dept;
China may station j-11s on artificial islands in Spratlys
 
Bringing Dzerzhinsky back?;
Kremlin, political allies take aim at abortion