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Vladimir Putin says Russian air defences were to blame for Azerbaijani jetliner crash

“Carthage must be destroyed.” How Russian propagandists on Telegram react to attacks on Russia’s energy sector

EU Launches Three New Initiatives Worth €6.6 Million to Strengthen Independent Media in Ukraine

Reduction in the Number of Members of China’s Central Military Commission: How It Will Affect the Chinese Army

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Putin is testing the West and its unity

Russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains

Non-Russians Increasing Their Share Of Russia’s Population – Analysis

$2.8 billion emergency plan tests Ukraine’s winter resilience

Czechia, Romania and Hungary dismantle Belarusian spy network in coordinated operation

Stolen Ukrainian grain

Children with special needs in 95 schools across Moldova benefit from assistive equipment

Polar “Silk Road”: The “Dragon” Conquers the Arctic

Russia and China Continue Cooperation in Oceanographic Research in the Bering Sea

Invisible New Front: How Sound Becomes a Weapon of War

"This is not confiscation": what the EU wants to do with Russian assets

Russia’s Most Powerful Weapon: Lies – OpEd

The Kremlin’s Disinformation War

Russian arms fueling Italian mafia: a growing security threat

The stockpiling of Kalashnikovs without serial numbers as strategic reserves poses a security challenge for the EU and NATO

Putin’s men unmasked

China's Defense Universities Help Russia Offset Sanctions And Export Controls, New Research Shows

ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s Drones vs. Russia’s Energy Industry

The Kremlin’s hybrid war against Europe: The alliance of spies and the mafia is the foundation of russian power

As Georgia dismantles its civil service, the Kremlin watches and wins

The Shadows of Chernobyl Over Zaporizhzhia: What Will Happen If ZNPP’s Diesel Generators Stop Working

Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies

Russians pick up the tab The Kremlin’s new tax hike aims to plug a record deficit and fund the war — but it may not be enough

Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe

EIB supports Ukraine’s energy security with €300 million loan to Naftogaz

'Little one only knows her father from photos' - Exlusive report on POWs swap

Exclusive: The Russian Neo-Nazi Behind A Shadowy GRU Recruitment Campaign

Moldovans Reject Russia

“The losses are huge.” The results of the summer offensive of the Russian army and what will happen in the fall?

Putin orders largest autumn army call-up since 2016

Who is hosting Russian paramilitary camps in Serbia? Arrests shed light on secret network

'Tantamount to defeat' — even Russian propagandists don't think Russia is winning the war in Ukraine

Georgia: EU4Youth empowers 50 youth civil society organisations through Intensive Capacity Development Programme

How Russia is Helping China Prepare to Seize Taiwan

Putin sends squads of sick soldiers into Pokrovsk ‘meat grinder’

Russia draft 2026 budget cuts military spending for the first time, introduces new taxes

The spy who shines the spotlight on AUR. New suspicions that party MPs have ties to Russia

"The situation is getting worse": How Crimeans are living without fuel and when they can expect it

From battlefield to ballot box: Why Russia is drafting war veterans into politics

Putin raises the stakes of rejecting peace deal

Moldova’s Voters and the Russian Bear Paw

How Russia is re-educating Ukrainian children in the occupied territories

Enhancing Radiological Data Exchange and Strengthening Cooperation in Nuclear Safety between the EU and the Western Balkans

Europe's Moment: A Sanctuary Strategy for Ukraine

How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation

European Commission rejects Russian accusations about encouraging unrests

Russia controls 1 in 5 “shadow fleet” oil tankers worldwide to dodge sanctions and fund war

Reports From Regions Show The Cost of Putin’s War Outside Moscow – Analysis

Propaganda’s mixed response to Russia’s provocation against Poland

“Good people” from… FSB. How Russians recruit relatives of prisoners of war and missing soldiers

EBRD and BII strengthen Ukraine’s food security through $100 million financing for MHP

How China forgot promises and ‘debts’ to Ukraine, and backed Russia’s war

Russia’s New Potemkin Cities

The Kremlin Wants to Cool Down The Russian Economy. Why That Could Be A Problem

“Another failed attempt” – How did Dodik’s trip to Moscow turn into a fiasco?

‘They forgot about him’ Three years ago, Putin’s ‘partial mobilization’ sent 9,000 men from two Siberian regions to war. Today, a third are dead or disabled.

'We really need to act': EU breaks taboo with first-ever sanctions on Russian LNG

"The most terrible prison in Russia." Former Ukrainian prisoners of war talk about the Mordovian VK-10

EU4Sevan: new decentralised wastewater treatment plant inaugurated in Noratus

China Index: Beijing’s Influence Waning in Balkans – Except Bosnia

Only serious security guarantees for Ukraine can ensure enduring peace

How Vilnius became the hub of GRU’s parcel bomb plot – LRT investigation 30

After release from captivity, Russian POWs often 'sent back to die' in Ukraine

Putin plots to seize billions from Siberian snack king over alleged Ukraine ties

Russian scripts, Georgian voices: How disinformation targets the country’s Western allies: the US, EU, and UK in Georgia

The idea of 70 billion euros: what changes the new EU initiative on frozen Russian assets

EIB Global to roll out Innovation and Green Transformation Facility for the Western Balkans

Huawei Bribery Scandal: 5 EU Lawmakers Named in Investigation

Russian Troops In Ukraine Selling Guns, Harming Unit Effectiveness, And Boosting Crime – Analysis

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: EU individual sanctions over territorial integrity prolonged for a further six months

Thousands of Ukrainian children still in Russia

Ukraine insists on the return of children who were forcibly transferred from occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia, saying this a ceasefire condition.

Highest support for EU in Kosovo, lowest in Serbia

Why Putin won’t end his war against the West

OPINION: What Ukrainians Will Settle For

Ukraine opens its first railway line with European track width standard, boosting the country’s integration with the European Union

Power of Siberia 2: A litmus test of Sino-Russian relations

Why Russia Media Personalities Could Legally be Charged with Genocide Incitement in the Ukraine War

Is Russia’s Moldova Enclave Losing Energy?

Russian drone attack on Poland. What can be concluded?

Russia is sinking deeper into digital isolation: from the ban on searching for “extremist materials” to the Max messenger, which turns control into a routine

COMMENT: Need and loathing in Russia – unpacking the labour migration paradox

Poland shoots down Russian drones: Will NATO enter war in Ukraine?

"The cemetery was everywhere." The dead in Mariupol - new evidence and assessments

Azerbaijan: Modernizing the Judiciary for Better Access, Transparency and Efficiency

A Toxic Trail Exposed: How Russia Makes Chemical Weapons And Uses Them Against Ukraine

Ukrainian children forced into weapons training and tortured by Russia

EU enlargement: What do EU citizens think about new countries joining the bloc?

Deterring Kremlin Grey Zone Aggression Against NATO

Putin's ultimatum is unacceptable: how dangerous is the withdrawal from Donbass for Ukraine

Russia Pushes Anti-Colonial Narrative While Using Colonizer’s Playbook

How Putin lost in the Caucasus and punished his minion for it

Inflatable tanks and flat-pack guns - inside Ukraine's decoy war

Flood Risk Management in the Western Balkans: Strategies and Success Stories

Expansion of Chinese Influence in the Western Balkans

On the benefits of a ceasefire in Ukraine

A lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine would, of course, be preferable, but it is simply unattainable. A long-term solution must not only be desirable, but also achievable, and at present such ambitious diplomacy is unrealistic.

EU Fast-Tracks Western Balkans Integration With €6 Billion Plan And New Investment Push

Putin does not want and cannot: 4 reasons why the war will not end in the coming months

Russia’s ‘Zapad’ drill has Europe on edge about low-key attacks