EDITORIAL
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The Russian Duma took a legislative step whose content and effect go beyond Russia’s borders and which apparently creates... Should Russia’s example be followed? Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day By PETRIT HALITI The EU’s major policy and strategy for diversifying energy sources and ensuring energy independence from Russia... The Southern Gas Corridor and the risk factors Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day By VASIL KURETA The EU countries and Russia are geographically close, but politically, in terms of visions and how they view problems, they are now face to face..... Continues on pages 12-13 EU-Russia close and face to face
By PETRIT HALITI The Orthodox Patriarch of Russia, persona non grata
Opinion of the Day An unusual nervousness has taken hold of the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the international exposure of the military-diversionary base ... Continues on page 21
Yesterday in “Economist” EDITORIAL Elections in Russia are not meant to produce surprises. Nor are its streets intended to gather people to whistle at political leaders.... The cracks in the Russian regime Continues on page 14
TRAGEDY On page 34
Today’s Opinion By SHABAN MURATI The Russian Duma took a legislative step, the content and effect of which go beyond Russia’s borders and which apparently creates... Should Russia’s example be followed? Continues on page 21
BY BEQIR META On page 17
Opinion of the Day By BEN ANDONI The hardest task for photojournalists during the D-Day commemorations was undoubtedly to capture the ceremonial grimaces... Continues on page 23 NATO on alert because of Russia’s cynicism
Opinion of the Day By VASIL KURETA Putin first acted and now has spoken about the substance of Russia’s ambition to become a world superpower. There is no doubt that Putin designed... Cold war or hot war Continues on page 21
The 2015 annual report of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, made public on 3 February and confirming that Russia... The 2015 annual report of NATO Secre- tary General Jens Stoltenberg, which was made public on 3 February and which confirms that Russia... Continued on page
By SHABAN MURATI Russia's hybrid war has nothing to do with press freedom
Opinion of the Day By VASIL KURETA There is now, in fact, a NATO-Russia problem. The change in Russia’s behavior toward NATO is real and serious. ... Continues on page 24 NATO-Russia relations and history
Opinion of the Day A proposal by Federica Mogherini to debate ‘how cooperation with Russia can be improved’ has caused concern among... By ARBEN KARAPICI An EU initiative that raises concern Continues on page 24
By SHABAN MURATI Russia’s hybrid war has nothing to do with freedom of the press
Russia dismissed a report by the newspaper “New York Times” that members of President Donald Trump’s campaign and his other associates... Continues on page 20
ALBANOLOGIST Aleksandër Novik: Albanian villages in Russia and Arnaut weddings On page 18
The Day’s Opinion A new question has arisen and is accompanying the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP, and it has to do with the dilemma of whether Russia itself will also be part of this ... Continues on page 19