NEWS OF POLITICS OF POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
Neither tear gas, police batons, nor the twelve degree January windchill were able to deter thousands of protesters from taking to the streets in Baymak, Bashkortostan, at the start of…
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Francis ScarrRussia analyst, BBC Monitoring Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's visit to Moscow has received near-constant coverage in Russia's state media, amid speculation that he…
Image source, T.ME/KRSOLDATAImage caption, Fighters of a Storm V unit at Christmas prayers, January 20
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Russian forces are accused of regular shelling of residential buildings in Ukraine, forcing many people to fleeBy Anna Holligan in The Hague & Jaroslav LukivBBC News…
Image source, Kherson regional military administrationImage caption, Beryslav and other Ukrainian towns on the right (west) bank of the Dnipro River have been regularly attacked by Russian troopsBy Jaroslav LukivBBC…
Ukraine recorded solid progress last year in its long struggle with corruption, according to the latest edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Wartime Ukraine climbed twelve places in the…
The European Union confirmed a landmark $54 billion aid package for Ukraine on February 1 in Brussels, after EU leaders were able to overcome opposition from Hungary. The agreement is…
To mark this year’s Ukrainian Unity Day on January 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree calling for efforts to research, publicize, and safeguard Ukrainian cultural identity in regions…
Ukrainian officials have condemned a new decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in early 2024 simplifying the process of conferring Russian citizenship on Ukrainian children abducted from wartime Ukraine.…
Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in southern Russia early on January 25, sparking a blaze that highlighted an emerging new front in the war unleashed by Vladimir Putin…