Nikola Mikovic is a Serbian freelance journalist whose work has been published around the world. He covers Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and political developments in the Balkans.Previously, Nikola was a reporter at the Politika daily newspaper, the oldest such newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans.
War keeps knocking on Russia’s door. The Kremlin is desperately trying to avoid a direct military confrontation with Ukraine, while Kiev seems determined to restore its sovereignty over the...
Energy-rich Kazakhstan is one of Russia's most important allies. The Central Asian nation, however, has closer ties with the West than any other country in the region. Is Russia’s influence in...
Russia is currently not considering recognizing the Taliban regime, but is actively working with the new Afghan rulers. The Kremlin is de facto negotiating with terrorists, given that in 2003 Moscow...
Russian elites do not seem to be ready for a transformation of the country’s political system. Parliamentary elections, held from 17 to 19 September, clearly demonstrate that the Kremlin aims to...
One year after parliamentary elections resulted in the defeat of the Democratic Party of Socialist (DPS) that has been ruling Montenegro for three decades, the Southeastern European nation remains...
Ukraine is struggling to internationalize the Crimean problem. For the West, that issue has been put on hold and energy ties with Russia seem to have priority, at least for the next 25 years....
Russia is seeking to ensure it has a place at the table in Southeast Asia. Arms exports, as well as the lucrative energy business, seem to be key pillars of the Kremlin’s foreign policy in the...
The West may consider Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko an “illegitimate leader”, but he continues to firmly rule the Eastern European country one year after the controversial...
Vladimir Putin’s critics in the West accuse the Russian President of being obsessed with Ukraine. There are even fears that the Kremlin leader has imperial ambitions and aims to incorporate the...
The world has yet to see the results of the Geneva summit between the US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Strategic stability, climate change, cybersecurity and the...