Eastern Europe
War in Ukraine
The finance ministers of the G7 countries agreed to move forward on the issue of introducing a limit on the price of Russian oil. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also supports raisi
Sep. 9, 2022
Russia
The Council of the Smolninskoye municipal formation in St. Petersburg has adopted a desicion to call on deputies of the State Duma, Russia’s highest legislative body, to bring treason charges against
Sep. 8, 2022
Russia
In the first 6 months of 2022, 419,000 people emigrated from Russia, RBC news agency reports, citing data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). This is twice as much as in the same peri
Sep. 8, 2022
Russia
Vladimir Putin says that by starting a full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia has lost nothing. On the contrary, Moscow has only strengthened its own sovereignty. At the plenary session of the Eastern Econ
Sep. 8, 2022
Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was “impossible” to isolate Moscow and vowed to cut gas and oil deliveries to countries imposing a price cap on supplies. Speaking Wednesday at an ec
Sep. 7, 2022
Russia
Imposing an EU-wide travel ban on Russia would turn the tables by stimulating an unprecedented exodus of Russian migrants with bruised egos to Central Asia. A twist of fortune Ever since the Soviet U
Sep. 7, 2022
War in Ukraine
As warfare has progressively become ever-more technologically complex, a sanctioned Russia cannot get its hands on the lifeblood of modernity: microchips. The West’s crushing sanctions on Russia are m
Sep. 7, 2022
Russia
Brussels hosted a presentation of the first detailed study on the malicious influence spread by the Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. The “RT in Europe and beyond” report, co-authored by an inte
Sep. 7, 2022
War in Ukraine
In Zelensky’s latest address on Tuesday evening, September 6, the Ukrainian President stated that Europe is not a place for promenade for Russian murderers and those who support them. Zelensky also sa
Sep. 7, 2022
Russia
For the six months of the war against Ukraine – from February 24 to August 24 – Russia earned at least €158 billion in revenue from fossil fuel exports, which indicates the need for immediate tighteni
Sep. 6, 2022
Russia
A Moscow court on Monday jailed respected former defence reporter Ivan Safronov for 22 years on treason charges for divulging state secrets. The judge said Safronov will serve the time in a “strict re
Sep. 5, 2022
Russia
Russia’s leading independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose chief editor last year was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, said Monday that a court had stripped it of its print license. “The Basmanny co
Sep. 5, 2022
Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev’s death marked the passing of a significant figure in the 20th Century who lifted the Iron Curtain and engaged in arms-control talks with President Ronald Reagan to reduce the risk o
Sep. 3, 2022
Russia
The Federal security service of Russia (FSS) is looking for Ukrainians in Moscow to accuse them of potential terrorist attacks, according to the Sept. 2 Facebook page of Ukraine’s Intelligence Directo
Sep. 3, 2022
Russia
The president of Kazakhstan announced on Sept. 1 his intention to hold extraordinary elections in the country. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev proposed transforming the system of power.
Sep. 2, 2022
Russia
Ravil Maganov, chairman of the board of directors of the Russian oil company Lukoil, has died. According to the Russian media, a top manager of an oil company fell out of a sixth-floor window of the C
Sep. 2, 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