Read More 4 minute read International Russian Aggression 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… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Qarabagh war outcome opens way for Putin to create ‘post-Soviet space 2.0,’ Dubnov says The most important outcome of the Qarabagh war was not the defeat of Armenia, the victory of Azerbaijan,… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Hybrid War International 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… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 5 minute read Hybrid War International 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… byThe Jamestown Foundation
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Northern Kazakhstan likely to be Putin’s next target for aggression Given that Vladimir Putin very much hopes to get a new political boost like the one he received… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression ‘Moscow losing control in Transdniestria,’ Russian paper says The flight of the former Transdniestrian president to Chisinau coming after Moldova’s erection of customs posts on Ukrainian… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Even direct costs of Putin’s aggression unsustainable, Pashkov says The indirect costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea as well as his military… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 8 minute read International “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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read More 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… byNicole Gallina
Read More 3 minute read International More NATO won’t do more than express concern, if Putin attacks another former Soviet republic, Illarionov says If Vladimir Putin sends his forces to seize into any of the former Soviet republics — including the… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read International More 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… byPaul A. Goble