Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…
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The post-Soviet oligarchy and how it shaped national state politics | 30 Years of Freedom, p.2
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Van Voren: Of course, you have a number of Lithuanians who managed quite cleverly to…
Demolishing monuments not enough to destroy post-Soviet nostalgia, but property rights help | 30 Years of Freedom, p.1
How strongly were Communists supported in post-Soviet countries after the fall of the USSR? Do the populations of…
Moscow worried about possible moves to Orthodox autocephaly in Belarus and Moldova
Religious affairs specialist Milena Faustova says that “the closer the August 24 date of the visit of Bartholomew…
Moscow seeks to put Gagauz in play against pro-Western Moldovan president
The history of Moscow’s use of the Gagauz is long and complicated, ebbing and flowing depending on how…
Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire is a warning to Russia’s neighbors
Russia has tried to maintain its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus ever since the…
Moldova’s presidential election: the Russians were not coming (this time)
Putin, who had practically abandoned incumbent President Igor Dodon ahead of the election (see below), became one of…
Bessarabia’s ‘ethnographic Harlequin’ in a regional perspective
Ukraine’s ethnic-Bulgarian minority is concentrated in the southwestern part of Ukraine’s Odesa province, an area often if somewhat…
Bulgaria takes issue with Ukraine over minority in Odesa province
The parliament of Bulgaria has adopted a declaration criticizing Ukraine’s policy toward the Bulgarian minority in Odesa province…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
EU emerges as leading donor for Partnership countries in fighting COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences
On March 30, the European Union announced it would provide substantial support to the six Eastern Partnership (EaP)…
Troop disengagements with Russia work only after capitulation to Russia: lessons from Georgia and Moldova
The disengagements of troops in Moldova and Georgia took place under interstate agreements on a ceasefire signed between…
Gagauzia – object lesson for Ukraine on how a ‘reintegrated’ region gives Moscow leverage
Many Ukrainian commentators have focused on Transdniestria as an example of the way in which Moscow uses a…
In post-Soviet countries, ethnic Russians are assimilating to titular nationalities, Kozlov says
Something unprecedented is happening to ethnic Russians in many post-Soviet states, Vladimir Kozlov of Moscow’s Higher School of…
Fight over subordination of Orthodox hierarchies spreads to Moldova
Despite the fact that Ukraine’s Orthodox church is about to be granted autocephaly and ever more people in…
How Russia infiltrates the media landscape of the Black Sea region
The Kremlin uses a variety of instruments to indirectly influence the media in the Black Sea Region countries…
Moscow’s ‘little green men’ stage provocation in Moldova, republic’s Defense Minister says
Moldovan Defense Minister Eugen Sturza says that Russian forces, without identifying markers, have carried out massive maneuvers involving…
Traps of the Transnistrian conflict
Whenever the connection of Russian military personnel to events in Transnistria, the separatist-controlled territory of Moldova, or in…
Ukraine less westernized than Baltic States, Moldova, Georgia – research
Ukraine ranks 6th among 14 former Soviet republics by its level of integration into the western political, economic, and cultural…
Moldovans rally for unity with Romania and against pro-Moscow president
Last Sunday’s demonstrations in Belarus on the centenary of the Belarus Peoples Republic attracted more attention, but a…
