Eastern Europe
War in Ukraine
Moldova’s government is likely to change shortly. The reset might occur as early as this week. Dorin Recean, a representative of the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), is the main cand
Nov. 14, 2022
Russia
The last time Russian President Vladimir Putin found himself isolated at a G20 summit was in 2014, soon after he seized Crimea — and he was so shunned that he left early. Eight years later, after laun
Nov. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s most recent “strategies” – attempts at bombing civilian populations into submission via rush-hour drone attacks and targeting the power grid to freeze the Ukrainian population as winter appro
Nov. 13, 2022
Russia
In order to get around the Russian government’s blocking, five investigative media organizations—including Proekt (Project), Vazhnye istorii (Important Stories), The Insider, Bellingcat, and the Alexe
Nov. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Friday, Nov. 11, that his organisation had started training civilians in Russian regions bordering Ukraine to form a militia and bu
Nov. 11, 2022
War in Ukraine
The situation on the ground in the Kherson region is developing rapidly. Russia’s defense ministry has said the retreat was successfully completed early on Friday morning, Nov. 11, and that not a sing
Nov. 11, 2022
Russia
According to official Russian reports, imprisoned American basketball player Brittney Griner has been transferred from a Russian prison to a penal colony. Speaking on Wednesday, Nov. 9, her attorneys,
Nov. 10, 2022
Russia
A report by Bloomberg news on Nov. 9 examines how insiders are frightened by the emergence of vocal hardliners in the Russian administration. The elites are worried that President Vladimir Putin will
Nov. 10, 2022
War in Ukraine
Voices in the Russian government are raising the level of tension and calling on Russian citizens to fight a holy war against the devil. According to their own terminology, they describe the ongoing “
Nov. 10, 2022
Russia
An immersive Russian play that debuted in Russia’s Kaluga region on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2022, claims to depict earlier phases of the conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Actors wearing Ukrainian mil
Nov. 10, 2022
Russia
The Kremlin said Wednesday. Nov. 9, that Moscow’s ties with Washington were likely to remain at rock bottom regardless of the results of US midterm elections, with relations at a historic low over th
Nov. 9, 2022
Russia
President Biden’s senior national security adviser Jake Sullivan has recently held private conversations with top aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to U.S. and allied officials. Acc
Nov. 8, 2022
Russia
Influential Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is linked to President Vladimir Putin and sanctioned by Washington and European countries, admitted on Monday, Nov.7, to interfering in US electi
Nov. 7, 2022
Belarus
In late September 2022, the International Congress of Belarusian Studies was held in Kaunas, Lithuania. After it ended, an attendee’s car broke down. He took it to a garage but the management refused
Nov. 7, 2022
Belarus
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may be looking forward to his country’s annual song festival, but Russia has persuaded Belarus to take a more active part in the war against Ukraine and the a
Nov. 5, 2022
War in Ukraine
“Aren’t you afraid of Russia?” I’m often asked this question by friends and acquaintances who have read my Kyiv Post articles. When I wrote articles for The Korea Times, I was asked if I was afraid o
Nov. 5, 2022
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The RU foreign minister has made more threats against Ukraine and allies for allowing the use of ATACMS and other US-made long-range weapons to strike inside Russia after months of lobbying by Kyiv.
Nov. 18