NEWS OF POLITICS OF POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
Image source, Family handout/EPA Following the release of basketball star Brittney Griner from Russian captivity, US President Joe Biden faces fresh questions about another imprisoned American: former US marine Paul…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Viktor Bout spent more than two years in a Bangkok jail. Viktor Bout, one of the world's most infamous arms dealers, has been released from…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony by a court in Russia in AugustBy Paul KirbyBBC News The US and Russia have…
Ukrainian soccer giant Shakhtar Donetsk surprised many pundits this season by recording the club’s strongest UEFA Champions League performance in recent years despite suffering from wartime exile and a mass…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Olaf ScholzBy Laura GozziBBC News The risk of nuclear weapons being used in the Ukraine conflict has lessened "for the time being", says German Chancellor…
“Does she ever write about anything other than Ukraine?” my sister-in-law secretly asked my husband. “It’s so obscure.” Nope, and for good reason. As I prepare to leave the Atlantic…
Image source, ReutersBy Alys DaviesBBC News Vladimir Putin has said the threat of a nuclear war was rising, but insisted Russia had not "gone mad" and would not use its…
Image source, AFPImage caption, Fire blazing on the rail bridge with the damaged road section belowBy Erwan RivaultBBC News Satellite images show how a key bridge to the Crimean peninsula,…
Image source, Getty Images The UK has agreed to double imports of US gas over the next year as it tries to stabilise soaring energy prices. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak…
Image source, Maxar Technologies/Handout via ReutersImage caption, A satellite image shows strategic bomber aircraft at Russia's airfield in the Saratov region that was reportedly attacked on MondayBy Jaroslav LukivBBC News…