Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the Eastern European country since 1994, is trying to find a way to stay in charge for as long as possible. By the end of the year, the...
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...
Russia keeps pressuring Armenia – Moscow’s nominal ally – to make significant concessions to its archenemy Azerbaijan, months after the two countries ended a 44-day war for control over the...
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...
Leaders of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan recently agreed to deepen their countries’ integrations into the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Although the member states of this...
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...
Turkey-backed Azerbaijan and Russia’s ally Armenia are fighting a proxy war over the control of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh. Fierce clashes broke out on September...
Kyrgyzstan – a Central Asian country that is seen as Russia’s most loyal nation in the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in the Eurasian Economic Union – will hold very uncertain...
The tide is turning in relations between Belarus and Russia, as protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continue while the authorities threaten to take tough new steps against...