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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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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…