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Mobilization "in the red": how the Russian Federation is trying to compensate for its own losses on the battlefield

EBRD lends €10 million to Aversi Pharma in Georgia

How young Cameroonians end up fighting in Russia's war

Analysts say economic desperation and fraudulent recruitment schemes are funneling Cameroonian youth into the Russian military — with deadly consequences.

Belarus fails to break free from Russia’s economic grip

Russian Oil Tracker – August 2026: Strikes on oil infrastructure and diesel export ban reduced crude and oil products shipments through the Black Sea by 26% and 47% respectively

Russia's saboteurs have followed the arms industry east into Nato

"Resilience plans are a PR stunt." Will Ukraine's regions be ready for the toughest winter of the war?

Ready4EIC: new training programme for innovative SMEs in EU enlargement countries

The Limits of China’s “No Limits” Partnership with Russia

Russia targets Ukraine’s rail network as war enters deadly new phase

Putin’s mouthpieces earn £800k a year for Kremlin propaganda

OPINION: Putin’s Knee-Jerk Nuclear Saber-Rattling

Kos sets out new path for EU enlargement: Internal reforms, safeguards and gradual integration to end impasse

China's HQ-9B Air Defense Under Fire After War Failures

iStories investigation shows how Russia recruits soldiers for its war against Ukraine: private firms, targeted Telegram ads, and phone numbers bought for as little as 12 cents apiece

Panicked Putin Reaches for Nationalization Button

Baku issues warrants for three Russian pundits over ‘hostile actions against Azerbaijan’

Glide bomb then infiltrate. This is Russia’s new way of war.

It’s ‘Black August’ in Russia, but Putin is sweeping this summer’s crisis under the rug

"Complete power outage": why Crimea was left without electricity and what it threatens the residents of Crimea

Baltic states arm for Russian threat as leaked letter shows growing fears

Russia Steps Up Multi-Front Pressure On Ukraine With Drones, Decoys, Missiles, And North Korean Forces – Analysis

Six regional partnerships selected under the 1st GEFund Open Call

China’s New Arctic Gamble Has a Russian Catch

'Land for peace' won't stop Russia's war on Ukrainian identity

The winners and losers of the EU’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans

EU Dreams Collide with Russia’s Hybrid War in Moldova

A window for negotiations with Russia. What arguments does Ukraine already have?

The meaning of September’s State Duma elections

Russia is trying to force Ukrainian children to become Russian, with reeducation, forcible transfers and camps

Norway to maintain Ukraine aid at around $9 billion in 2027, PM says

Damages to Ukraine’s infrastructure from the war have risen to $197.5 billion – KSE Institute estimate as of February 2026

Is Putin's 'Caspian Express' A New Lifeline Between Russia And Iran?

Fake videos and false allegations target candidates in French 2027 presidential election

Will North Korean forces bolster Russia's Ukraine war?

Support for EU accession remains high across enlargement partners, latest surveys show

From “biolabs” to Bandera: how Russian propaganda seeks to break Ukrainian prisoners

European Union and UN Partners Launch a New Initiative to Improve Air Quality in Armenia

Sino-Russian Defence Ties in a Multipolar World: Shared Goals, Limited Trust, and Strategic Implications

From social media to the front line: Russia’s foreign recruitment pipeline

Russian-Armenian Tensions Keep Rising

Russia’s oil money is drying up—so its own people are paying for the war

From Guns to Gulags: The FSB’s Empire Builders

Russian arrested in Bosnia, at the center of a sabotage investigation that extends to several European countries

“This is a real disaster” What prevents Ukraine from exporting grain by bypassing ports

How EBRD and donors support young entrepreneurs in the Western Balkans

China expands its spy networks across the European Union and beyond

Paying off the court

At least 8,000 Russian criminal defendants have donated to the army to get their sentences reduced. How did funding the war become a legal strategy?

Which way for EU enlargement? Brussels faces moment of truth over bloc's expansion

Instrumentalised Migration and Russia’s ‘Disposable Agents’

Entire districts could be left without gas stations. What are the consequences of Russian attacks on gas stations?

Russian life satisfaction slumps to 47% as gloom returns to mobilisation levels

Georgia Was Not the Beginning

Putin plays on the "Anchorage spirit" again: what the Kremlin is counting on

Panic as a weapon of the Kremlin

EU receives €1.4 billion in revenue from immobilised Russian assets to be used for supporting Ukraine

The Failure of Chinese Defense Systems: From Operation Sindoor to Venezuela

Deserted Or Dead? Russian Military Saves Money By Declaring Missing Soldiers AWOL

Russia’s Shadow War Surges Southward

"You will be expelled from here." In Crimea, FSB persecutes man for talking about war in taxi

The Russian far-right has taken root in the region: "Russian" connections lead from Visegrad and Belgrade to the front in Ukraine

The Russian far-right movement “Russo-Slavic Unification and Revival”, known by the abbreviated name “Rusov”, maintains ties to political and far-right circles in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while individuals affiliated with this organization participated in the war in Ukraine.

Russia prepares its 'final push' of the war this fall

Ninth edition of EuroSchool brings together young people from all around Azerbaijan

Sexual violence as a weapon of war: how the UN finally put Russia on the “list of shame” and why it matters

Putin bans Russia’s only anti-war party from running against him

The four futures of Russia – and why none of them scare Belarus as much as the present

Ukraine’s 40-day campaign has not brought the war closer to an end

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU lists five additional individuals supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex

Explosion at Bulgarian arms plant revives Russian sabotage concerns

Targeted Strikes on Bortnychi: Why Is Russia Attacking Kyiv’s Water Treatment Plants?

ReSPA and Italian Partners Strengthen Senior Public Leadership through Capacity Building and Mobility Programme 3.0

CRIME AND CORRUPTION

A Police HQ, Wind Farms, and Natural Gas: Mapping China’s Investments in Europe

At least six assassination attempts have targeted Russian generals away from the front line over the past two years — three of them fatal

‘Black widows’: Women accused of marrying Russian army recruits to claim death payouts

How Russians Are Bracing for Montenegro 2027? – Danilo Kalezic

Russian human safari of a Kherson market trader reignites war crimes accusations

EU Dreams Collide with Russia’s Hybrid War in Moldova

Winter is coming: Ukraine warns of escalating Russian ballistic strikes

Russian Foreign Ministry misinforms that Britain is pushing Europe into war with Russia

Putin is changing generals. Why the Kremlin is doing it now 

Commission disburses another €3.47 billion to Ukraine for drones, missiles, air defence and fighter jets

Putin approved secret China Russia military training, sources say

OPINION: Hysteria in Russia: ‘Nowhere to Hide’ as Putin’s Palace Falls Within Ukraine’s Reach

EU integration without dealing with the past? Democratisation, reconciliation, and regional cooperation in the Western Balkans

Internalized FIMI — How Russian information manipulation became domestic political communication in Georgia

Invisible veterans

Russia accuses Telegram founder of aiding terrorism in its latest online crackdown

Russia Chartbook by KSE Institute: Stalled Domestic Borrowing Poses Threat to Budget Financing; Energy Windfall Fades as Oil Prices Moderate

EBRD and EU join forces to strengthen Kyiv’s energy security

Ukrainian grain without a sea: what will happen to exports? 

Moldova races towards EU membership as accession talks launch

Armenia’s strategic pivot from Russia to the West

“Yunkor”: How Russia is turning Ukrainian teenagers into soldiers of information warfare 

Georgian small and medium-sized enterprises expand to global markets with EU and UNDP support

‘Please send adult diapers’

Russia Is Approaching a Political Crossroads

How China, Iran, and North Korea are helping Russia confront the West

How Russia is luring foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine

What the Growth Plan signals for the future of gradual integration and pre-accession funding

Russia's long-overdue greeting: What's behind the delay in the sale of Serbia's NIS? 

Only Moscow Lacks New Ideas For Ending War Against Ukraine – Analysis