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As 2025 approaches and Trump's inauguration draws nearer, there is increasing talk of negotiations and a (temporary) end to Russia's war against Ukraine. In an article originally published...
With the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, Russia has suddenly lost an important ally in the Middle East. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Steve Gutterman examines Russia's...
Last week, a coalition of rebels led by a group called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ended a years-long stalemate in Syria’s civil war, capturing the city of Aleppo as well as other towns and...
De Derde Wereldoorlog is al gaande, zegt Valeri Zaloezjny in een nieuw interview met Roman Kravets en Roman Romanjoek van Oekraïnskaja Pravda. Rusland zet in op de totale uitputting van...
As soon as president Biden authorised Ukraine to use ATACMS on Russian territory, the country purposefully crossed a new 'red line' of Putin by attacking military facilities in the Bryansk and Kursk...
Tijdens zijn bezoek aan Moskou van begin oktober ontving Aleksandr Loekasjenko van Vladimir Poetin de hoogste Russische onderscheiding en een toezegging voor een lening van anderhalf miljard dollar....
27-year-old journalist Viktoria Roshchyna died in Russian captivity shortly before she was going to be exchanged in a prisoner swap. Russian authorities claim that this happened during her...
While the U.S. seals the cracks in the windows to keep out Russian state-funded broadcasting, the door remains wide open across Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Its growing following...
Maria Kalesnikava’s relatives have not received any letters from her for more than a year and a half. The Belarussian political prisoner spent almost all this time in a cell with no hot water, but...
Last week, the film ‘Russians at War’ premiered at the 81st Venice film festival in the category of ‘Out of Competition’. It portrays young Russian soldiers, often struggling to understand what they...
In een twintigtal regio’s en steden zijn in het weekeinde van 6 tot 8 september nieuwe gouverneurs, burgemeesters of gemeenteraden gekozen. De Kremlinkandidaten wonnen overal. Ook het presidentiële...
The Ukrainian incursions in the Russian Kursk and Belgorod districts have lasted for over a month already. The size of Russia's lost territory may look rather small, but the impact on the state...
Russische leerlingen vieren deze week de opening van het nieuwe schooljaar. Hen wacht een ingrijpend aangepast programma: met de Verdediging van het vaderland en Gezinsstudies als verplichte kost en...
Het voor de tweede keer op rij vrijkomen van politieke gevangenen in Belarus, en mogelijke voorbereidingen voor een derde bevrijdingsronde, roept onwillekeurig de vraag op welke motieven hierbij een...
On August 9, Russian authorities declared a federal-level emergency in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces had already been advancing for four days. Anywhere from several dozen to...
Twee jaar gevangenisstraf kregen muzikanten Nadia en Vova Kalach uit Belarus voor hun optreden. Tijdens een demonstratie tegen de vervalste presidentsverkiezingen van 2020 speelden ze op hun...
Determined to develop the 'RuNet' into a parallel online universe, Russian authorities have made YouTube their latest target. Over the past weeks, the popular video platform has been intentionally...
No one can deny Navalny’s personal bravery. However, there were things that even he did not dare do. With most of his exposés in the area of corruption, he left the most terrifying aspect...
In Ivan Filippov's dystopian novel Mouse, no one — not even Putin himself — is safe. For The Moscow Times Andrei Muchnik explains why the Kremlin sees Filippov's portrayal of Moscow during...
While Ukraine defends itself against Russian aggression and fights to preserve its own statehood, Ukrainian journalists are voicing concerns about political pressure, censorship attempts, and...
Armenië staat op het punt om zijn lidmaatschap van de Verdragsorganisatie voor Collectieve Veiligheid (CSTO), een door Rusland geleid militair bondgenootschap, op te zeggen. Het land voelt zich...
Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested last weekend that he may be open to negotiating a ceasefire if Ukraine concedes large swathes of its territory, but most Ukrainians scoffed at the idea....
Political prisoners from Belarus risk losing custody of their children. The punishment, which mainly targets mothers, is an underreported part of the government’s ongoing campaign to eradicate...
Combat medic Iryna 'Cheka' Tsybukh died in action near the frontline in Kharkiv region last week. Last year, she wrote a farewell letter to her brother, 'just in case'. A day after her...
By most traditional measures, the Russian economy is in surprisingly good shape, writes Sergey Vakulenko for Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. However, these metrics may be deceitful when analyzing...
