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– Approximately 200 far-right supporters gathered in downtown Sofia on February 22nd  after Bulgaria’s  Supreme Administrative Court upheld the city mayor’s ban on their annual torchlight [...]

The year 2019 in Belarus-Russia relations was dominated by another energy row, caused this time by the launch of Russia’s so-called ‘tax manoeuvre’ – a six-year plan aimed at [...]

Eva Modebadze on the present and future prospects of Russia-China partnership.

In 2013, Russia’s State Duma unanimously passed a bill criminalizing the  distribution of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships.” The legislation effectively prohibited public [...]

In The Myth of Triumphalism, Beth A. Fischer aims to set the record straight on triumphalism.

he ripples of the Velvet Revolution are still flowing and the Constitutional Court in Armenia may be the next to get caught up in the change.

Michael Cole on how hard-right figures have used cats to soften their image.

Louis Train reviews new translations of books by Russian politician Grigory Yavlinsky and scholar Sergei Medvedev.

Bozho Kolov recounts the latest news from Bulgaria, Jan-Feb 2020.

For years, Eliot Borenstein’s previous book, Overkill: sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture, has been my go-to recommendation for colleagues and Russocurious friends who want [...]