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Katherine Leung reviews the debut novel by Georgian director and filmmaker Nana Ekvtimishvili and is overcome by sadness as she finishes the last pages of a powerful and moving story set in a [...]

A Russian film team is currently shooting the first-ever feature movie made in outer space. Reflecting the ambitions of Russia's current space program, it is debatable whether this should be [...]

"What began as an absurd lie on behalf of the Turkmen government has become a real danger to Turkmenistan’s citizens." This month's Central Asia editorial by Sydney Millar.

On Monday staff of the Kyiv Post arrived at the newspaper's office, to find that they had been fired and the webpage shut down. They are now scrambling to save what's left while working on [...]

Rebecca Shaw revisits Russia's vibrant drag scene and dives into the controversies surrounding the country's first televised drag show, which premiered in October 2021.

On 21 October, leaders from across the EU gathered in Brussels for what would be the final farewell ceremony to Germany’s departing chancellor, Angela Merkel. With warm tributes to her leadership [...]

Are you driving a Lamborgini or a Lada? Gloria Trifonova on how wealth inequality has contributed to the current political crisis in Bulgaria.

Martina Bergamaschi explores the new art scene of the Ukrainian Donbas and speaks to the founder of Gareleya Neotodryosh, Vitaly Matukhno.

As we mark the one-year anniversary of the brutal 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region (known in Armenia as Artsakh), many have reflected on the conflict [...]

"Armchair historians rejoice. Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II by Roger Moorhouse is the book you didn’t know you were waiting for." Book review by Katherine Leung.