Eastern Europe
War in Ukraine
“Troubling”, “a betrayal”, “depressing” — Moscow’s humiliating setbacks in eastern Ukraine over the weekend sent Russian hawks into a frenzy. To put an end to the avalanche of scathing critiques, the
Sep. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
In the picture, Anastasaia and Elizaveta Grigoryeva’s father is faintly smiling, smartly dressed from head to toe in military uniform and holding a puppy to the camera. It’s an image of their father n
Sep. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
The national air carrier of Ukraine’s neighbour Moldova has cancelled plans to resume Russia-bound flights, it said. Air Moldova had announced on Friday that it would resume flights to Russia, which w
Sep. 12, 2022
Minsk and Sevastopol have signed an agreement on cooperation, despite the fact that Belarus has not recognized Russian-annexed Crimea as Russian territory, the Belarusian news agency Zerkalo reported
Sep. 11, 2022
War in Ukraine
Anton Drobovych, the head of Ukraine’s Institute of National Memory and now a soldier of the 112th Brigade of Territorial Defense of Kyiv, has given an interview to Ukrainska Pravda in which he shares
Sep. 11, 2022
The national air carrier of ex-Soviet Moldova announced Friday that it will resume flights to Russia after services were halted for several months due to Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. “The
Sep. 9, 2022
War in Ukraine
The finance ministers of the G7 countries agreed to move forward on the issue of introducing a limit on the price of Russian oil. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also supports raisi
Sep. 9, 2022
Russia
The Council of the Smolninskoye municipal formation in St. Petersburg has adopted a desicion to call on deputies of the State Duma, Russia’s highest legislative body, to bring treason charges against
Sep. 8, 2022
Russia
In the first 6 months of 2022, 419,000 people emigrated from Russia, RBC news agency reports, citing data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). This is twice as much as in the same peri
Sep. 8, 2022
Russia
Vladimir Putin says that by starting a full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has lost nothing. On the contrary, Moscow has only strengthened its own sovereignty. At the plenary session of the Eastern Econ
Sep. 8, 2022
Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was “impossible” to isolate Moscow and vowed to cut gas and oil deliveries to countries imposing a price cap on supplies. Speaking Wednesday at an ec
Sep. 7, 2022
Russia
Imposing an EU-wide travel ban on Russia would turn the tables by stimulating an unprecedented exodus of Russian migrants with bruised egos to Central Asia. A twist of fortune Ever since the Soviet U
Sep. 7, 2022
War in Ukraine
As warfare has progressively become ever-more technologically complex, a sanctioned Russia cannot get its hands on the lifeblood of modernity: microchips. The West’s crushing sanctions on Russia are m
Sep. 7, 2022
Russia
Brussels hosted a presentation of the first detailed study on the malicious influence spread by the Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. The “RT in Europe and beyond” report, co-authored by an inte
Sep. 7, 2022
War in Ukraine
In Zelensky’s latest address on Tuesday evening, September 6, the Ukrainian President stated that Europe is not a place for promenade for Russian murderers and those who support them. Zelensky also sa
Sep. 7, 2022
Russia
For the six months of the war against Ukraine – from February 24 to August 24 – Russia earned at least €158 billion in revenue from fossil fuel exports, which indicates the need for immediate tighteni
Sep. 6, 2022