Welcome back to Russia, each and every one of you. Let's waste little time and get into the action. The war between Belarus (red on green) and Kievan Rus' (tan on brown) has finally gotten to a point where Chernigov is taking damage. Olga is boxed in and Belarus has proven mighty effective at prosecuting a previous war on Putin, so this could be a bad sign of things to come for her. For some reason, Uzbekistan allows the Alash Autonomy to live on with a single city instead of securing an elimination. There has only been a single one of those thus far, and it was the Uzbeks that managed it, so they are missing a chance to increase their lead in that category.