Donbass: endless positional warfare
Russia-backed Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic on the one hand, and the Western-backed Ukraine on the other hand, keep simulating the peaceful settlement of the Donbass...
Author: Nikola Mikovic
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.
Is Belarus distancing itself from Russia?
Russia is struggling to keep Belarus in its geopolitical orbit. Minsk, on the other hand, is keen on keeping as much of its sovereignty as possible. The two-decade-old alliance between the two...
Will Russia return Donbass to Ukraine?
After the prison swap between Russia and Ukraine, the West expects Moscow to withdraw its troops from the Donbass. That will reportedly be one of the topics that the Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Donbass: Waiting for major war
The election of Volodymyr Zelensky hasn't brought peace to the Donbass. Shelling is still a daily reality for the local population, as well as sporadic fighting. Recently pro-Russia forces...
Future of the Eurasian Union – Enlargement or Stagnation?
Five years after its foundation, the Eurasian Economic Union exists only on paper. Although the member state leaders are constantly trying to portray the EAEU as a counter balance to the European...