Russia Reform Monitor No. 2278
A helping financial hand from Iran;
New signs of Russian sickness...;
...breed denials in Moscow;
Putin's Caspian power play
A helping financial hand from Iran;
New signs of Russian sickness...;
...breed denials in Moscow;
Putin's Caspian power play
ISIS holds out in the MIddle East...;
...and sets its sights on Southwest Asia;
The basis for British intervention
Battle lines in the Azov;
Tightening the noose on Russian money laundering;
How South Ossetia helps the war against Ukraine;
More electoral meddling from Moscow
Behind the Kremlin's failed bid to control Interpol;
How Putin's cohort has enriched itself;
Russia and Israeli-Palestinian peace;
The opposition's case for arming the masses
NATO's new mission should be robust, visible and built around two key goals: safeguarding the free flow of maritime traffic in the region (something that Russia's actions have threatened), and bolstering Ukrainian sovereignty by augmenting the military assistance already being provided to the country by the U.S. and Europe.