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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...

On May 14 the Georgian parliament approved a widely contested Foreign Agent Law, dubbed by critics as the 'Russian law'. For weeks now people are protesting in Tbilisi against the law, fearing...

Last week's arrest of Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov is the highest-profile corruption case in years. The influential opponents of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s were able...

The formation in Russia of a new concept of 'fairness' is testament to how long the war in Ukraine is expected to continue. The 'special military operation' is fast approaching a way of life, Andrei...

Although the US has put pressure on Ukraine to stop attacking oil refineries in Russia, Ukraine will continue to attack Russian oil infrastructure. The goal is to damage military infrastructure. But...

Islamic State (IS) claimed the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow. Radical Islamists have long accused Russia for 'oppressing Muslims' both at home and abroad. IS propaganda mentions...

The almost two-year-long Russian assault has inflicted huge losses on Ukraine. In order to cover partially the damage, Ukraine wants the Russian assets that have been frozen in Western countries to...

Ukrainian aerial attacks on Russian infrastructure could cause significant problems as international isolation makes it harder for Russian companies to replace broken equipment, writes Sergey...

A fresh disaster may be looming in Nagorny Karabakh, writes Thomas de Waal, senior fellow with Carnegie Europe. On September 19, the majority-Armenian highland enclave within the borders of...

In March the French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (FN) visited the Duma in Moscow, looking for financial support for her presidential campaign. A month earlier a delegation of the far right...

Russia reacted unusually strong after a misty shoot-out near the border with Crimea, blamed on 'Ukrainian terrorists'. Putin in Moscow even spoke of Kyivs 'turn to terrorism'. Is it frustration...

Een sterke NAVO is sinds het einde van de Koude Oorlog nog niet zo hard nodig geweest als nu. Rusland dreigt de laatste tijd immers met het inzetten van nucleaire wapens. De Tweede Kamer roept de...