NEWS OF POLITICS OF POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
Image source, ReutersImage caption, McDonalds has blamed "supply issues" on its reason for pulling out of KazakhstanBy Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News McDonald's has closed its restaurants in Kazakhstan due to supply…
Image source, Kramatorsk City CouncilImage caption, Fourteen buildings were damaged by Russian missiles on Friday, according to Ukrainian officialsBy Alexandra FouchéBBC News A unilateral ceasefire called by Russia appears to…
Russia – the largest country on earth – emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to seek to reassert itself as a world power. Income from vast…
Image source, EPABy Will Vernon in Moscow & Samuel Horti in LondonBBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian…
Image caption, Many of those remaining in Bakhmut are elderly, like 86-year-old Anatolay, and searching for foodBy Yogita LimayeBBC News, Bakhmut "This is the toughest operation I've ever seen. The…
“I never thought I’d wear this uniform, but this is my land!” This is the tagline for “Call-sign Ukraine,” an arts project that aims to highlight the role currently being…
Vladimir Putin has just admitted Russia is in serious trouble. A comparison of his recent New Year address with the speech he delivered just one year earlier reveals a dramatic…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Mourners gather to lay flowers in memory of soldiers killed in MakiivkaBy Elsa MaishmanBBC News Russia has said a new year missile attack that killed…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Local military commander's wife Yekaterina Kolotovkina was among mourners in the centre of SamaraBy Paul KirbyBBC News The deaths of dozens of Russian soldiers in a…
When you have become used to constant power cuts, regular air raid alerts, and the empty evening streets of Kyiv, a business trip to the United States can feel like…