Category: 1. Russia

Russia claims it has captured more than 60 buildings in Pokrovsk as house-to-house fighting is reportedly raging in the strategic frontline city. Kyiv has acknowledged that the situation has become difficult in recent days but says its troops…

Former NATO Secretary General told RFE/RL on November 7 that the alliance needs to do more to help Ukraine, as this is the only way to force Russia to the negotiating table. “I don’t think we can change Putin’s mind,” he said, “but I do think we…

For nearly two months, the Russia–Kazakhstan border has turned into a parking lot. Thousands of trucks loaded with goods worth millions of rubles have been stuck there since early September, when Russia suspended freight crossings citing…

When we talk about disinformation – the intentional spreading of misleading information – we usually picture blatant lies and “fake news” pushed by foreign governments. Sometimes the intention is to sway voters in elections, and…

Bulgaria’s parliament on Friday adopted legal changes to place a major Lukoil refinery in the east of the country under state control following U.S. sanctions against the Russian oil giant.

The United States last month hit Russia’s two…

More than 10,000 people gathered in the Latvian capital on Thursday night to protest a bill that would see the country exit the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women. The demonstration went…

President Vladimir Putin this week signed legislation allowing Russia’s reservists to be sent to “special training” to protect critical infrastructure.

Some fear it could boost the Russian army’s human reserves and help the…

Hungary’s largest oil and gas company MOL said Friday it could source most of its crude from outside Russia if flows through the Druzhba pipeline were disrupted, in what was described as a shift from the previous stance that Russian…