In the first installment of a new interview series, Masha Gessen discusses the Mueller indictments, Russia under Putin, the Trump Administration, and gay rights in Russia.
http://www.bbc.com/russian/features-43219411
http://expert.ru/2018/02/27/peretyagivanii-kanata-mezhdu-evrosoyuzom-i-rossiej/
Putin’s Syria intervention saved Assad. But is he ready for what comes next?
https://www.ft.com/content/bc5287b4-1830-11e8-9376-4a6390addb44
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/26Feb2018/ft/election.html
But will it happen is another question.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-wants-new-infantry-fighting-vehicle-24628
https://zn.ua/international/yavnaya-i-skrytaya-ugroza-pridnestrovya-276323_.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2018/02/24_a_11661985.shtml