Category POST-SOVIET

Alexei Navalny to be buried on Friday in Moscow

Image source, ShutterstockImage caption, Alexei Navalny was one of Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critics Alexei Navalny will be buried at a cemetery in Moscow on Friday, a spokesperson has confirmed. The service will be held at Borisovskoye Cemetery, after a…

Ukraine war: Hroza, the village of orphans

Image caption, Dima Panteleyev looks at the graves of his mum, dad and grandparents who were all killed in one missile attackBy Zhanna Bezpiatchuk in HrozaBBC Ukrainian Teenager Dima lost his mum, dad and two grandparents when they were all…

Putin gifts luxury Aurus car to North Korea’s Kim

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The carmaker’s website describes the Aurus as Russia’s first full-size luxury sedanBy Robert GreenallBBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has given North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian-made car. Pyongyang’s state media said…

Conservative ex-PM Alexander Stubb elected Finland president

Image source, PA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Alexander Stubb (centre) will officially assume office on 1 March Finland’s conservative former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has won Sunday’s presidential election, final results show. He secured 51.6% of the vote, while his Green Party rival…