NEWS OF POLITICS OF POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
Image source, ReutersImage caption, People have been regularly sheltering in Kyiv metro since Russia started striking targets across Ukraine Explosions were heard in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv…
Image source, US Department of Justice The US has charged five Russians and two Americans with conspiracy related to procurement and money laundering on behalf of the government in Moscow.…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, People in Ukraine use generators to charge their phones during blackoutsBy Ben TobiasBBC News Millions of energy-efficient lightbulbs are needed to help Ukraine cope with…
For the first time since the event was launched a decade ago, Vladimir Putin will not hold his flagship end-of-year press marathon this month. The surprise cancellation is the latest…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, President Putin held last year's big news conference on 23 December Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Russian state TV showed images of Viktor Bout being reunited with his family in Moscow last week Russia's arms dealer Viktor Bout – nicknamed the "merchant…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ex-marine Paul Whelan has been jailed in Russia since 2020
Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine was fueled by fears that the emergence of a democratic and European Ukraine could act as a catalyst for similar change in authoritarian Russia.…
Image source, Zambians in Moscow/ facebookImage caption, Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence relating to drugsBy Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Johannesburg The body of a Zambian student who was killed…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, A firefighter works to extinguish a fire at a power infrastructure object in Odesa on 6 December Operations have resumed at the Ukrainian Black Sea port…