Russia’s response to Belarus crisis: possible lessons from Abkhazia
Neil Hauer finds Russia’s reactions to popular uprisings in Abkhazia a compelling historical indicator of how Russia might react to the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus
Neil Hauer finds Russia’s reactions to popular uprisings in Abkhazia a compelling historical indicator of how Russia might react to the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus
Sergey Glandin takes a close look at the recent Duma proposals to alter Russian sanctions law
Maximilian Hess looks into Russia’s loan offer to Moldova and finds several geopolitical strings attached
Ivan Preobrazhensky on the “resignation” of Vladislav Surkov and what that means for east Ukraine
Part seven of “Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling”: who promotes Moscow’s position in Ukraine?
The Steinmeier Formula is not a reason for optimism, nor for alarmism, writes Pavel Luzin
Tatyana Stanovaya on why the recent Russian-Ukrainian rapprochement has reverted to more hostility
James Sherr on what Ukraine’s President Zelensky has to do to combat Russia successfully
The third part of the series ‘Safety first’ examines the tangled ideological motives behind Balkan fighters taking up arms in Eastern Ukraine
Russian foreign policy 5 years since Crimea
As the newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine moves away from Moscow’s influence, it may in fact spark further Russian meddling among Ukraine’s clergy and parishioners
European bureaucrats are wondering why citizens from Eastern Europe are still seeking asylum in the EU a quarter century on from the relatively bloodless dismantling of the USSR