Russia

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin is pushing a plan to unify some of the country’s federal subjects, a move that will have great impact on the North Caucasian region and the [...]

"Euro 2020 is barely a week old, and it’s already clear that Russia and Ukraine airing their dirty laundry in public won’t be the only time politics and football collide during the tournament."

"Now, as the dust settles on Navalny’s return, it’s time to take stock of whether it was all worth it. Sadly, it is hard to argue that it was."

In order to be a true anti-imperialist, you have to reject all forms of imperialism. Katherine Leung review Indefensible by Rohini Hensman.

Katherine Leungs explores Jewish Eastern European and Caucasian cooking traditions in a review of Leah Koeing's The Jewish Cookbook.

Who will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

Elodie Phillips digs through the archives of past Eurovision winners in an entertaining review of this bizarre and beautiful non-political political competition.

The situation could hardly have been more tense. After a series of gruelling early exchanges, neither party was prepared to concede an inch. Then, in a twist that no one saw coming, Jacek [...]

Katherine Leung review Michael Löwy's five-hundred-page black-and-white volume of photographs of historical revolutions.

Katherine Leung reflects on Victory Day and a state-led campaign for the inclusion of minority groups in the Russian Republic of Tuva.