Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Russia may invade other countries to distract the world from its imminent defeat in Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda reported. “I think it is highly likely (Russian invasion of...
An unusual poll in Kazakhstan conducted by Demoscope for the Adenauer Foundation highlights why it is so important for the governments of non-Russian countries to promote the language of their titular nationality in place of Russian that...
Most former Soviet republics have sought to maintain a “balanced” position on Putin’s war in Ukraine lest anything they or their populations do anger Moscow or lead to complications or open breaks with the West,...
According to a Russian analyst, “the events in Ukraine have stimulated the activity of the leadership of the transportation and logistics branch of Kazakhstan to see new routes for export to Europe bypassing Russia, against which...
If one to view the Russo-Ukrainian war as a stress test for Russia’s allies in the Eurasian Economic Community and the Organization for the Collective Security Treaty, all of them except for Belarus failed to come through for...
A frequent refrain of researchers on Soviet history is that key questions will be answered “when the archives are open.” But while that may be true, it begs the question as to which archives contain the relevant documents...
Past 24 hours in the war zone Joint Forces Operation report two attacks by Russian hybrid forces, near Pisky. Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a landmine blast. Between evenings of January 5 and 9, OSCE SMM recorded 152 violations,...
Past 24 hours in the war zone JFO report 2 attacks by Russian-led militants, namely near Popasna, Katerynivka. 1 Ukrainian soldier wounded. Illegal armed formations denied OSCE SMM passage near Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast....
Kazakhstan has seen protests since 1 January. Rising gas prices became their formal reason. From 5 January, protests turned violent, with attacks on the police and the protesters, and the internet being cut off. President Tokayev declared...
On January 6, the first CSTO military units, consisting of mostly Russian troops with assistance from Belarus and Armenia, entered Kazakhstan. The intervention was officially requested by the Kazakh government in order to fight...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
