Eastern Europe
Russia
An immersive Russian play that debuted in Russia’s Kaluga region on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2022, claims to depict earlier phases of the conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Actors wearing Ukrainian mil
Nov. 10, 2022
Russia
The Kremlin said Wednesday. Nov. 9, that Moscow’s ties with Washington were likely to remain at rock bottom regardless of the results of US midterm elections, with relations at a historic low over th
Nov. 9, 2022
Russia
President Biden’s senior national security adviser Jake Sullivan has recently held private conversations with top aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to U.S. and allied officials. Acc
Nov. 8, 2022
Russia
Influential Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is linked to President Vladimir Putin and sanctioned by Washington and European countries, admitted on Monday, Nov.7, to interfering in US electi
Nov. 7, 2022
Belarus
In late September 2022, the International Congress of Belarusian Studies was held in Kaunas, Lithuania. After it ended, an attendee’s car broke down. He took it to a garage but the management refused
Nov. 7, 2022
Belarus
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may be looking forward to his country’s annual song festival, but Russia has persuaded Belarus to take a more active part in the war against Ukraine and the a
Nov. 5, 2022
War in Ukraine
“Aren’t you afraid of Russia?” I’m often asked this question by friends and acquaintances who have read my Kyiv Post articles. When I wrote articles for The Korea Times, I was asked if I was afraid o
Nov. 5, 2022
War in Ukraine
Residents of Russia’s Central Asia territory, and specifically Tajiks, who hail from neighbouring Tajikistan, have been recruited at rates far higher than ethnic Russians for Putin’s war in Ukraine. K
Nov. 5, 2022
Russia
Seething with anger, Russian beautician Tatyana describes the Kremlin’s military mobilisation as “complete horror.” In early October her young nephew was called up in the town of Krasnogorsk northwest
Nov. 4, 2022
War in Ukraine
Moscow is traditionally untalented at choosing allies, and even more so at maintaining those alliances, even when it has established them with great difficulty. Both handicaps stem from Moscow’s super
Nov. 2, 2022
Russia
The Ukrainian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, asserted on Tuesday, Nov. 1, that President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to the G20 summit in Bali next month should be revoked and Russia
Nov. 2, 2022
Russia
A disturbing video showing a Russian politician running over a small child before driving away and leaving him writhing in agony on the road, has sparked widespread condemnation. Sergey Mamontov, 67,
Nov. 1, 2022
Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is using body doubles who have undergone plastic surgery, Ukrainian General Kyrylo Budanov has claimed. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail on Saturday, Oct.
Oct. 31, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Sep. 30 grand ceremony annexing four Ukrainian territories has failed to do, well, much of anything at all. It has been simultaneously ignored by the international c
Oct. 31, 2022
Russia
Let me start with a few quotes from “Letters from Muscovy,” a little-known book by a little-known author, which appeared on the European book market back in 1735 and was translated into many languages
Oct. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
UK opposition politicians called for an investigation Saturday after a newspaper reported that suspected Kremlin agents had hacked ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cell phone when she was foreign ministe
Oct. 30, 2022