Izborsky Club calls for new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to re-divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
The Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin…
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Russian troops unconstitutionally occupy Moldovan territory – Constitutional Court
On 2 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of Moldova delivered the judgment on the interpretation of an article…
Transnistria frozen conflict zone recognizes Russian tricolor as second “national” flag
On 12 April 2017, the “Supreme Soviet” (parliament) of the “Transnistrian Moldovan Republic” (“PMR”) approved the second reading…
Are Ukrainians looking forward to the visa-free regime with the EU?
Euromaidan Press asked people on Kyiv’s streets what they expect from a visa-free regime. Here is what we…
What should Ukraine expect from the EU visa liberalization? Following the examples of Georgia and Moldova
Read also: Ukrainians to travel visa-free to the EU in mid-June: detailed calendar This much-expected news was announced in…
Why Ukraine must avoid the Transnistrian scenario
The 25th anniversary of the Transnistrian conflict is a more significant date for Ukraine than for Moldova. This…
Moldova – Ukraine’s problematic neighbor or partner on the road to the EU?
While Moldova and Ukraine have a long history of common ties, recent relations have relied strongly on a…
Bulgaria, Moldova elect pro-Russian presidents
In Moldova, Socialist Party leader Igor Dodon has claimed victory over pro-European leader Maia Sandu: early November 14,…
“Moscow borrowed Dracula’s management techniques” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Kremlin’s double standards on language issues in post-Soviet space continued
More than most governments, the Kremlin behaves in exactly the same way it routinely accuses other countries of…
Russia determined to expand influence over former Soviet colonies
The overall picture for Russia in autumn 2016 in regard to some of its former European colonies that…
Is Moldova’s apparent defeat Kremlin’s blueprint for Ukraine?
What Moscow has done in Moldova, the de facto confederalization of that country and its division between eastern…
Kremlin official: Moscow can’t sit by when ethnic Russians are “oppressed and persecuted” in former Soviet republics
Speaking in Russian-occupied Crimea, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko on Friday gave the clearest sign yet that the…
‘Feudal stability’ in post-Soviet States points to collapse and chaos ahead, Portnikov says
The situations of Russia and most post-Soviet states “in a surprising way” recall the late Brezhnev period in…
Tatarstan’s efforts to help Gagauz de-Russify outrage some in Moscow
In an article entitled “Incompetence or Betrayal? Gagauzia Learns to De-Russify from Tatarstan,” Ivan Shilov calls attention to…
Turkey seen seeking to reanimate GUAM as anti-Russian alliance
The Turkish government is seeking to revive GUAM in order to form an alliance of states against Russia…
Russian Propaganda Pushes Fake “Republic of Budjak”
The Russian propaganda project the “Bessarabian People’s Rada” just changed from being a thinly-veiled separatist project to an…
Post-Soviet states entered second anti-communist revolutionary period, Shmelyev says
The post-Soviet world is entering its own version of 1968, Aleksandr Shmelyev says, “and everything taking place in…
Where and how Romania will fight Russia – Part II
If Russian Forces Come by Sea: The Odesa-Transnistria Scenario Putin hasn’t given up the idea of bringing war…
Where and how Romania will fight Russia – Part I
Two weeks ago I explained why Romania will fight Russia if Putin expands his war from Donbas further…