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In 1940, after a series of ultimatums and coercions, the territory of Estonia was annexed by Soviet forces.  Though Estonia would be taken by the Nazis in 1941, three years later the Red Army [...]

Two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Britain’s House of Commons in order to plead a case for financial and military assistance for his country. [...]

Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter 📮: ​​National political leaders meet Josep Borrell and Charles Michel in Bosnia, EU candidate status likely to be declined [...]

Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter 📮: ​​Constitutional changes in Kazakhstan, Lavrov‘s cancelled trip to Serbia, Azerbaijan‘s first Pride event, Berdymukhamedov [...]

In the art world, Nikolay Polissky is a fierce innovator. Polissky was a Soviet artist who coined the idea of “entering the landscape”. If Paris is a playground for artists, then Nikola Lenivets [...]

On May 16, fighting broke out in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan between security forces and local residents. Protests had begun two days earlier in response to the [...]

I have reviewed a variety of cookbooks including Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore by Darra Goldstein and The Jewish Cookbook by Leah Koenig, but I have never reviewed a book [...]

In July last year, Tbilisi’s queer community was rocked by the far-right attack against pro-LGBTQ+ activists and journalists. But Tbilisi’s strong and fervent activist scene is fighting back [...]

Subscribe to our Weekly here. In this week’s newsletter 📮: ​​Ukraine’s human rights commissioner fired, Albania elects new President, LGBTQ+ rights under pressure in Georgia, protesters killed [...]

The Unwomanly Face of War is the title of the book by Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich, published in 1985, a product of thousands of hours of interviews with women who served in the Soviet Army [...]