“Russia is preparing an offensive against Ukraine. Putin wants more land grab. It is a matter of time before Ukraine starts a military offensive against Russia-backed Donbass. Kiev wants to expel...
In the era of a new Cold War, the internet is facing fragmentation, which means that bans, censorship and limitations seem to be inevitable. Russia has already started throttling Twitter’s...
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria could become another point of confrontation between Russia and the West. The former Soviet Republic will hold early parliamentary elections on February 24...
Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny hardly poses a serious threat to President Vladimir Putin, but he certainly is a threat to someone powerful in Russia. Although he has been detained at...
The new American administration is expected to pressure Russia to return the Kuril Islands to Japan. Moscow has already started deploying modern sophisticated weapons to the region, while Washington...
Russia’s influence in the Balkans is rather limited, despite media exaggeration of Moscow’s role in the region. The Kremlin effectively controls a small portion of the Serbian energy sector, as...
The Normandy Four (Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France) diplomats have yet again failed to reach a compromise over the Donbass conflict that erupted in 2014. After their meeting in Berlin last week,...
Russia has had a very low number of COVID-19 deaths, but many of its officials have been infected with the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 back in...
In the popular tradition of the sea, a captain is required to stay on a sinking ship until all the passengers have been safely evacuated. In Russia, where the economy is sinking due to the collapse...
The coronavirus pandemic will undoubtedly cause a global recession. That, however, does not mean all countries will be hit equally. Nations that manage to preserve at least some form of sovereignty...