Russia

Demonstrators clash with police officers during a protest outside the parliament on November 29, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. © Daro Sulakauri/Getty Images

Democracy in Eastern Europe Faces Another Crisis

Protesters in Georgia are trying to stem Putin’s growing influence in the region.

11 Feb 25

Saidakrami Murodalii Rachabalizoda suspected of taking part in the attack of a concert hall that killed 137 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, is escorted by Russian law enforcement officers prior to his pre-trial detention hearing at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024. © TATYANA MAKEYEVA/AFP via Getty Images

Tajik Migrants Brace for Moscow’s Ire

Their situation has been deteriorating for the past few years, but the Crocus concert hall atrocity has accelerated events.

3 Apr 24

A woman sings patriotic songs of the Soviet Union during a march near the Kremlin with pro-Communist demonstrators in downtown Moscow, Russia during May Day celebrations, May 2001. © Oleg Nikishin/Newsmakers

Back to the USSR? Memory Wars in the South Caucasus

Kremlin narratives have co-opted history and propagated a distorted memory of the Soviet past.

10 May 23

International criminal court issues arrest warrant for Russia's president, Vladimir Putin. © Sergey Guneev - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images

Putin Warrant Marks a Milestone

There can be no sustainable peace without a definitive confirmation of right and wrong.

17 Mar 23

Streaming studio of the YouTube channel Kotrikadze-Dzyadko. Tikhon Dzyadko and Ekaterina Kotrikadze, respectively editor-in-chief and news director of Dozhd TV, relocated to Georgia after Russia's last independent TV channel closed its operations on March 4. © Photo courtesy of Ekaterina Kotrikadze

Russia: The Fight for Independent Media Continues

Despite the crackdown that followed the invasion of Ukraine, journalists carry on the battle for free expression.

4 Apr 22

Central Asian Migrants Leave Russia

Millions from all over the region have historically travelled there to work, with their remittances playing a significant part in many countries’ economies.

25 Mar 22

How Media in Belarus and Russia Joined the Information Battlefield

Both countries have been flooded with incitement alongside deliberate confusion between fiction and historical facts.

24 Mar 22

Moldovan Vice-PM Andrei Spinu and Gazprom`s CEO Alexey Miller, after signing the new gas contract on October 29, 2021, in Sakt Petersburg, Russia. © Moldovan Infrastructure and Regional Development Ministry

How Russia Weaponised Gas Deliveries to Moldova

Experts deem political pressure to have paid off in energy negotiations.

11 Nov 21

Russia has remained largely silent on the renewed conflict in Karabakh.

Russia Remains Coy Over Karabakh

Armenia’s strategic ally is keeping quiet – but may be playing a longer game.

7 Oct 20

Luke Harding, author and former Guardian Moscow correspondent. (Photo: Courtesy of L. Harding)

How (and Why) Russia Won

A state of continuous semi-war has served the Kremlin well.

25 Aug 20

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