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.
While all eyes are on Ukraine, Turkey is preparing to reinvade Syria. Given that Moscow – the major ally of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad – is still preoccupied with the war in the Eastern...
Russia continues to suffer humiliation in both Ukraine and the global arena. The Russian military cannot protect its ammunition depots from Ukrainian attacks, while the Kremlin keeps demonstrating...
Relations between Russia and Kazakhstan continue to fracture. Moscow’s crucial ally in both the Eurasian Economic Union and the Collective Security Treaty Organization seems to be attempting to...
Belarus’ military drills near the Ukrainian border, as well as President Alexander Lukashenko’s pro-war rhetoric, do not necessarily mean that Minsk plans to attack its neighbor any time soon. In...
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, Serbia has been relatively successfully balancing its aspirations to join the European Union and its good political ties with the Kremlin. The Balkan nation,...
While Russia remains busy invading Ukraine, the European Union seems to be gradually replacing Moscow as the key meditator between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is Brussels, rather than the Kremlin,...
The Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) exists merely on paper. In reality, the Moscow-led block never supported the Kremlin’s “special military operation” in...
More than two months after Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has still not achieved any of its military and political goals in the neighboring country. Ukrainian forces, on the...
"Russia without Putin!" the liberal, pro-Western opposition crowds chanted repeatedly as they marched through Russian cities over the years. Their dream, to live in a country that will not be ruled...
Ukraine is fighting a war, while Russia is conducting a “special military operation” in the Eastern European country. Kyiv’s goal is crystal clear – liberty from the Russian occupation –...
