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.
Russia’s military and political debacle in Ukraine seems to have no end. After the Russian Armed Forces withdrew from the Kharkiv region in September, the Kremlin continued its policy of...
The United States is reportedly pressuring Ukraine to start negotiating with Russia. Although the Kremlin desperately needs a ceasefire agreement that would help it save face, Kyiv is unlikely to...
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired”, says a principle known as “Chekhov's gun”, named after Russian playwright Anton...
Belarus seems to be preparing to more actively participate in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow’s only ally in Europe may not deploy its troops to the war-torn country yet, but the Russian...
The European Union seems to have replaced Russia as a major foreign power operating in the South Caucasus. While Moscow remains preoccupied with the Ukraine war, Brussels has managed to strengthen...
Mobilization in Russia, as well as a potential Russian annexation of the Donbass, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, will almost certainly lead to an escalation of the Ukraine war. In the coming...
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-installed warlord of Chechnya, is playing the role of a “hawk” in the Russian political establishment. His pro-war rhetoric has inspired increasing debate in Moscow...
Russia's humiliating defeat in Ukraine seems to be inevitable. While the Ukrainian military continues rapidly advancing and conducting its very successful counteroffensive, the Kremlin cannot – or...
Unlike Ukraine, which will never recognize any documents issued by the Russia-backed self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic, Serbia has, on August 27, recognized...
Russia continues to demonstrate its impotence in the global arena. Recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh have clearly shown that the Kremlin will hardly be able to...
