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Submit ReviewAs a change from the usual, I look through the top six news items currently on the website of Rossiiskaya Gazeta, the main government newspaper of record, on today, Sunday 14 May. What can one learn about the state of Russian politics, intra-elite conflicts, the survival of real journalism and how comfortable Russians are with being global outsiders, based on stories about everything from missile attacks in the Donbas to easier regulations on building sheds?As websites change, the six stories are:strany-g7-i-es-planiruiut-zapretit-vozobnovlenie-postavok-rossijskogo-gaza.html">FT: G7 и ЕС планируют запретить возобновление поставок российского газаteni-nad-luganskom.html">"Фиксируем все разрушения для будущего суда над преступниками": как работает полиция на месте удара крылатыми ракетами Storm Shadow в День ЛНРturcii-nachalis-prezidentskie-i-parlamentskie-vybory.html">В Турции начались президентские и парламентские выборыcerkvi-grobnicu-aleksandra-nevskogo-vse-ravno-chto-vernut-parfenonskij-friz-v-greciiu.html">Эрмитаж возвращает в Александро-Невскую Лавру раку Александра Невского. Михаил Пиотровский рассказал "РГ" о смысле и условиях передачи раки ЦерквиЭксклюзивminstroe-raziasnili-pochemu-sarai-i-bani-stalo-stroit-proshche.html">В Минстрое разъяснили, почему сараи и бани стало строить прощеbastrykin-vystupil-za-vvedenie-ugolovnoj-otvetstvennosti-dlia-iuridicheskih-lic.html">Александр Бастрыкин выступил за введение уголовной ответственности для юридических лицThe episode of the Kennan Institute's The Russia File podcast I mention is here. For Bastrykin's rather more explicit attacks on corruption in the defence-industrial complex, see here. The podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Conducttr, which provides software for innovative and immersive crisis exercises in hybrid warfare, counter-terrorism, civil affairs and similar situations.You can also follow my blog, In Moscow's Shadows, and become one of the podcast's supporting Patrons and gain question-asking rights and access to exclusive extra materials right here.
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