Eastern Europe
War in Ukraine
Since Russia’s start of a full-scale war with Ukraine, more than 20 attempts to set military registration and enlistment offices on fire have been recorded. At the same time, the number of railroad de
Sep. 22, 2022
Russia
More than 1,300 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitorin
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Amid the military victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the pro-Russian authorities in the four occupied regions of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – have declared their inten
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Pressure ratcheted up on President Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine triggered spreading protests and hundreds of arrests at home, and Western leaders tore into the Russian
Sep. 22, 2022
Russia
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday Sep. 21 to prepare new sanctions on Russia and increase weapons’ deliveries to Kyiv after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first wart
Sep. 22, 2022
Russia
More than 200 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement earlier of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police mon
Sep. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
On Sep. 21 Russia’s president Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the partial mobilization of Russian citizens. What does it entail? The document does not mention that only reserve service members are s
Sep. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Most people would say Ukraine has gained the upper hand in its fight with Russia and that, with the Ukrainian army on the march and NATO weapons deliveries to Kyiv ratcheting up from impressive to out
Sep. 20, 2022
Russia
Russian pop superstar Alla Pugacheva on Sunday denounced the Ukraine conflict and the “death of our boys for illusory goals” amid severe repression of any anti-Kremlin criticism. This is the first tim
Sep. 19, 2022
Russia
Russia has secretly spent at least £260 million ($US 300 million) since 2014 to try and influence politicians and other executives in more than two dozen countries, according to a diplomatic cable mad
Sep. 16, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russian servicemen, who were conscripted in the spring to the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Taman Division, are being transferred from the Moscow Region to the Belgorod region “to protect
Sep. 16, 2022
War in Ukraine
The full-scale war in Ukraine might not break the current world order, but it has transformed the system of international relations. The European Union has been the most affected. There have been chan
Sep. 16, 2022
War in Ukraine
The UN Secretary-General’s press conference on Sep. 14 left a strong impression that António Guterres’s priorities do not coincide with major public concerns of these days. The Secretary-General spoke
Sep. 15, 2022
The inaugural international scientific and methodological Forum, Psychological trauma of war, was held in Warsaw on Monday, Sep. 12. It was held at the initiative of the Peace Committee of Ukraine, th
Sep. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russian propaganda spent the last few years building up an image of the Russian army as the “second in the world” that “will take Ukraine in three days.” There was a new deluge of propaganda in just a
Sep. 14, 2022
Russia
Russia has covertly sent at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in bids to gain influence, a declassified US intelligence assessm
Sep. 14, 2022