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In 2020, the world learned both of the crimes of Lukashenka’s regime and of the resistance against it. For a short while, the stories of protests – praising the peaceful attitude of [...]

With Russia on the brink of invading Ukraine, this textbook propaganda weapon must be effectively countered. Provokatsiya. Follow Russian politics for long enough, and one soon becomes [...]

The crisis on the EU's eastern border has undermined Poland's human rights record and is a missed opportunity to show the full potential of inter-EU cooperation, writes Agnieszka Widlaszewska.

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.

Agnieszka Widlaszewska takes a closer look at the two longest-serving presidents in Europe and that their relationship can tell us about the future for their respective countries.

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 [...]

Tereza Dvorakova on the current state of religious acceptance in Uzbekistan.

Hugo Blewett-Mundy on the EU enlargement and the Western Balkans.

Almost two years after the Estonian Centre Party’s decision to go into coalition with the far-right Estonian Conservative Nationalist Party (EKRE), the Prime Minister Jüri Ratas stepped down amid [...]

In Washington, D.C., officials and policymakers spent much of January preparing for the inauguration of Joe Biden. The soon-to-be President is still busy assembling his Cabinet and developing the [...]