Read More 9 minute read Analysis The end of Russia’s energy empire in Central Asia: pipelines, politics, and payback Russia’s Central Asian energy empire is collapsing—and investors still betting on Moscow are making a costly mistake. byRandall Schmollinger
Read More 4 minute read Latest news Ukraine BBC identifies 523 foreign mercenaries killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine — from 28 countries Russia’s military dead include Egyptians, Americans, Gurkhas, Central Asian convicts, and recruits from several African countries. byYuri Zoria
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Russia tricks Central Asian workers into Ukraine war with fake job promises Two Uzbek and Tajik migrants born in 1984 are among the latest foreign nationals killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Russian recruited with promises of quick money byMaria Tril
Read More 4 minute read Latest news Ukraine Spanish explosives firm Maxam linked to Russian arms supply chain, report says Leaked documents reveal Maxam produced explosives used in arms-related operations, as per The Insider. byYuri Zoria
Read More 3 minute read Latest news Ukraine Kyiv calls for sanctions: Russia’s deadly Iskander missiles are powered by sodium chlorate imported from China An analysis shows 2024 missile oxidizer supply came entirely from China and Uzbekistan. byYuri Zoria
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Uzbek court convicted Russian mercenary to 4 years in prison The Uzbek citizen who served as a Russian military contractor participated in combat operations in eastern Ukraine, killing Ukrainian soldiers. byYuri Zoria
Read More 3 minute read Latest news Ukraine The Insider: Russia continues to receive sniper rifles and ammunition from EU and US despite sanctions The arms are flowing through neighboring countries at dramatically increased rates, a new investigation reveals. byBenjamin Looijen
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Russia plans to set up drone production in Uzbekistan Drone to be appartently used in Moscow's war in Ukraine. byOlena Mukhina
Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine British tech fuels Russia’s war machine in Ukraine Sky News has discovered that Russia is importing British high-tech equipment and components through third countries, despite Western sanctions. bySerge Havrylets
Read More 3 minute read International Opinion 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 24 minute read Opinion Russia ‘Ukrainian-Language Samizdat Appears in Russia-Occupied Crimea’ 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 27 minute read Opinion Russia ‘State Reserve Fund Running Out, Ruble Collapse Predicted’ 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 20 minute read Opinion Russia “Ever More Russians Fleeing Moscow’s Oppression for Ukraine” and other neglected Russian news The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 22 minute read Opinion Russia “Occupiers’ Methadone Ban Fueling HIV Explosion in Crimea” 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 21 minute read Opinion Russia ‘Russians Stripped of More Medals as Doping Scandal Spreads’ 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 26 minute read Crimea Opinion Russia ‘Russia Disappearing from Radar Screen of Young Ukrainians’ 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 23 minute read Crimea Opinion ‘UN: Human Rights in Crimea Have Deteriorated Since Occupation’ 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 International Opinion Profound contraction of ethnic Russians in former Soviet republics since 1989 The number of ethnic Russians in what were the non-Russian republics of the former Soviet Union has fallen… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russia Ukraine Russia and its authoritarian friends lag increasingly behind its free enemies, Illarionov says Not only are the countries Russians identify as friendly more likely to be authoritarian and poor than those… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Crimea Opinion Is Moscow about to transform occupied Crimea into an Islamist enclave? Even as the Russian occupation forces do everything they can to repress the Crimean Tatars, the most consistent… byPaul A. Goble