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Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Red Star Over Hebrides," an exploration of the links between the Scottish isles and Eastern Europe

Jasmin Aust and Pyke Hans examine how Russia, via the Wagner group, has expanded its influence in Africa's Sahel region

Polina Gundarina reviews "The Last Relic," a film claiming to explain Russia's Ukrainian invasion via an exploration of life in Yekaterinburg

Armando Spigno looks at the complex relationship between Norway and Russia over the control of resources and ports on the Svalbard Islands

Tobias Colangelo looks at the history of Vozrozhdeniye, a lost island in the Aralkum once home to the largest anthrax dump in the world

Viktoria Kobzeva analyses women's activism in Russia, including the historical forms it has taken and its intersections with decolonialism

Lukas Baake and Thijs Korsten analyse the socio-economic background and the domestic repercussions of the recent elections in Gagauzia.

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Funeral Party," Ludmila Ulitskaya's first full-length novel to be translated into English

Joseph Elgar shows how the recent shift in Armenia's foreign policy leads away from Russia towards new potential partners and allignments.

Central Asia regional editor Sydney Millar discusses Central Asian migrants in Russia and the pressures of conscription