'We gave up hoping for help from our own people'
On March 12, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that it had regained control over Sudzha after Ukrainian forces seized the city in August 2024. A day earlier, the Ukrainian military had reported...
Back to Russia?
Discussions about a possible deal to end military actions in Ukraine have sparked speculation about the return of Western businesses to Russia. According to...
(Mis) Remembering 1990s Russia
In Russia, the first decade after the fall of the Soviet Union was marked among other things by great turbulence, freedom, and economic strife. Since then, Putin's regime has sought to contain and...
Ceasefire talk raises prospect of Ukrainian presidential elections
An end to the fighting in Ukraine would pave the way for presidential elections that President Volodymyr Zelensky is likely - but not guaranteed - to win. In a commentary originally published...
De stilte van Belarus is geen onderwerping, maar stilzwijgende minachting
Aleksandr Loekasjenko heeft 86,82% van de stemmen behaald in de Belarussische verkiezingen - bepaald geen verrassing. Journalist Anna Zlatkovskaja schrijft voor nieuwssite Zerkalo over de...
