Live Updates: Russian feminists were detained briefly at protests by the Kremlin in Moscow and in St. Petersburg.
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Recent Analysis and Translations:
‘Hybrid Cyberwars’: Are the Russian Hackers’ Arrests About American or Internal Russian issues?
Don’t Forget About ‘Soft Power’ Part of Russia’s ‘Hybrid War’ in Ukraine: Russian Activist Yashin’s New Report
Russia’s Propaganda War Against Ukraine: Interview with Russian Opposition Activist Ilya Yashin
How Many Russians Are Fighting for ISIS? A Brief History of The Kremlin’s Arbitrary Numbers
UPDATES BELOW
The ruble is trading at 58.91 to the dollar and 62.10 to the euro. Brent crude is selling for $53.20 per barrel.
The following news items have been taken from Novaya Gazeta, Interfax, Grani, Gazeta and Guardian.
– Russia Missile Violates ‘Spirit and Intent’ of Arms Treaty, Top US General Says
– State Department Accuses Russia of Violation INF Treaty
– Rogozin Calls for Rejecting Leases of Foreign Airplanes
– Police Shoots His Fellow Officers in Dagestan
– Feminists Detained Briefly for Demonstrating By Kremlin in Moscow and in St. Petersburg; Feminists Occupy Kremlin
– Russian Censor Blocks Site Terror99.ru with Book by Felshtinsky and Litvinenko, ‘Blowing Up Russia’
– Put Promises Pay Raise for Doctors up to 200% of Average Ways by 2018
– Putin Claims Success in Demographic Programs
What We’re Reading
— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick