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Vladimir Solovyov
Journalist Vladimir Solovyov writes for Carnegie Politika that Moldova’s latest reintegration plan was designed to demonstrate to Brussels that Chișinău is serious about the Transnistria issue—and...
Olga Dmitrieva
Georgia's petroleum exports surged by 3,300% in January 2026, but the oil may be Russian. An investigation by The Insider's Olga Dmitrieva exposes how a Black Sea refinery appears to be...
Serik Beysembaev
Kazakhstan’s new constitution is an embodiment of the ruling elite’s fears and a self-serving attempt to preserve the status quo while they still can. Writing for Carnegie Politika, sociologist...
The Moscow Times
For nearly two weeks, large parts of Moscow have been plunged into mobile internet darkness. What began as a security measure has become a daily inconvenience for millions — and no one knows...
Eva Peek
Op 27 juni 2023 landde een kruisraket op een pizzarestaurant in het oosten van Oekraïne. De schrijver Victoria Amelina raakte zwaargewond en overleed drie dagen later – ze was zevenendertig jaar....
Nikita Kovalenko
Transnistrië stevent af op een nieuwe energiecrisis. De pro-Russische regio in Moldavië, die begin 2025 korte tijd bijna volledig verstoken was van gas, krijgt opnieuw te maken met rantsoenering van...
Elsa Court
Dat Oekraïne vier jaar na het begin van de grootschalige Russische invasie nog altijd overeind staat, is voor een groot deel te danken aan de veerkracht van het Oekraïense volk. Maar als we steeds...
Tatiana Stanovaya
The main source of Russian aggression is a profound mistrust of the West and the firm belief that it intends to inflict a 'strategic defeat' on Russia. As long as this fear persists, the war will...
Peter Schrijver
De Russische autoriteiten zijn deze maand begonnen met het vertragen van berichtendienst Telegram. Daarmee hoopt de overheid gebruikers naar het door de staat ontwikkelde alternatief MAX te bewegen....
Artyom Shraibman
The risk posed by Lukashenko today looks very different to how it did in 2022. Artyom Shraibman writes for Carnegie Politika that the threat of the Belarusian army entering the war appears...
Mikheil Gvadzabia
Georgian authorities have announced new sweeping legislative amendments, targeting civil society, independent media, and political parties. The changes would significantly extend the government’s...
Nurlan Aliyev
For Russia, the U.S.–Europe dispute over Greenland is both gratifying and unsettling. As the Trump Administration clashes with its allies, Moscow sees NATO divisions but also new uncertainties in...
Konstantin Skorkin
On January 14th, the veteran Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko was charged with offering bribes to members of parliament. She reportedly offered bribes to members of Volodymyr Zelensky's party....
Viktoria Maladaeva
While presenting itself as democratic and progressive, the Russian opposition largely reproduces the same colonial logic as the Putin regime. Buryat activist Viktoria Maladaeva argues that...
Anton Barbashin
Dat de Verenigde Staten de relatie met Europa op scherp hebben gezet lijkt goed nieuws voor Rusland. Toch is de houding van het Kremlin ten aanzien van de Europese Unie complexer dan op het...
Valentina Matrenina
The Russian Orthodox Church has supported Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine since the first days of the invasion. Kremlin-loyal priests pray for Russia's victory on the Ukrainian battlefield...
Ukrainska Pravda
On December 1, 1991, a majority of Ukrainians across every region voted in a nation-wide referendum to affirm the country's independence from the Soviet Union. On the 34th anniversary of that...
Valeri Zaloezjny
Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, writes about Russian diplomacy as a tool of systemic influence in the war against...
Nikita Smagin
Russia is ramping up its recruitment of Middle Eastern fighters for deadly frontline deployments in Ukraine. In an article first published by Riddle, Nikita Smagin describes how the Middle East...
Roman Romaniuk & Mykola Topalov
Winter is just around the corner, and for Ukraine that means a new wave of Russian attacks on its energy system. Over the past month, Russia has already hit several power plants and gas production...
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
In an attempt to mobilise new recruits for its war against Ukraine, Russia mobilizes soldiers all around the world - including in Cuba. There may be around 5,000 of them fighting, and many appear to...
Artyom Shraibman
The Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is releasing some political prisoners, in exchange for US president Trump lifting some santions. However, Lukashenko can easily fill entire prisons with...
Alexander Gabuev
Moscow should be looking for ways to correct its course and restore balance in its foreign policy, instead of putting all its eggs in the China basket. But Putin is no pragmatic decision-maker, and...
Hanna Mamonova
Op het Onafhankelijkheidsplein in Kyiv is een monument ontstaan dat nooit officieel werd opgericht. Wat begon met één vlaggetje voor een gesneuvelde soldaat, groeide uit tot zee van banieren,...
Azattyq Asia & Current Time
Russia has recruited thousands of Central Asian nationals for its war against Ukraine, including migrant workers and convicts. RFE/RL's Azattyk Media and Current Time report that while Central Asian...