On February 28, during a rare gathering in Tiraspol, the Transdniester separatist leadership appealed to Moscow for ‘protection’. Given the alarmist...
President Putin continues to tell Russians that his 'special military operation' is more or less going according to plan, even after drones exploded...
Wolfgang Ischinger knows exactly how the German policy towards Russia evolved from the 1990s till 2022. He was a high-level diplomat and served from...
Western support for Ukraine is not just about winning the war but also about the peace afterward, argues Andreas Umland. In a special report for the...
The image of a highly competent authoritarian leader is the modern dictator’s most powerful governance tool. However, the idea of a capable dictator...
With attacks on the centre of Kyiv and lots of other cities last night it is clear Putin will never back down. He seeks revenge for his humiliation....
The Kremlin’s decision to hold referendums in the Russian-occupied part of the Ukrainian Donbas on their attachment to Russia and partially mobilise...
'Patriotic education' has been a catchphrase in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia since at least 2005. But now, with Moscow’s unprovoked war against...
The Russian armed forces are suffering huge losses in Ukraine. The exact numbers are not verifiable. But the consequences for the Kremlin are rather...
The millions of families separated by the Russia-Ukraine border now find themselves on opposite sides of a war. The Russian website Meduza (based in...
President Toqaev of Kazakhstan used the upheaval in his country to strengthen his grip on power and get rid of his predecessor Nazarbaev, his family...
The amassment of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border makes the world nervous. Putin's retoric is belligerent and the Kremlin refuses to talk to...
Continuity has always characterized the Kremlin’s Afghanistan-policy. But will Moscow benefit of the exit of the West? Hard to say. According to the...
Lukashenko is able to repress the opposition, but can he manage the economy of Belarus as well as he manages the crack-down of society? According to...
The Kremlin's growing obsession with lists and registers to control the population is a mix of Chinese social control and fear of flying. If you are...
On September 19 Russia sees Duma elections. In fear of a (far fetched) Belarusian scenario and angered by Navalny's challenge the Kremlin decided to...
