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Russia has recruited more than 18,000 foreigners to fight against Ukraine: Recruits from 128 countries, some forcibly sent to the front

Russia’s Shadow War Won’t Stay Hidden Forever

Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine -- is it real or just a phantom?

EBRD extends new guarantee to ProCredit Bank Ukraine to unlock EUR 200 million in new lending

Corruption, Purges and Paranoia: Is China’s Army Even Fighting Fit?

Telegram channels replaced by a state agency: how the Kremlin “raised” propaganda pressure on Armenia to a new level

Promises of housing and stability are luring Russia’s orphans into the war in Ukraine

A battle for hearts and minds: How Russian propaganda takes over Africa

'Capitulation and betrayal' — Ukraine rages at controversial US peace plan, piles pressure on Zelensky

Can Europe strengthen its market through regional integration?

Moldovan army receives modern logistics vehicles from the European Union

Ukraine’s kill zone: How drones ended trench warfare

Why does the Russian army’s brutal culture go unchecked?

Russia maintains network for hybrid warfare in Europe

UN traces Kherson’s “human safari” up the chain of command — to Putin himself

Methodical elimination. Efforts to dismantle the local government system in Russia

Georgia emerges as new outlet for Russian crude

A lot of carrots and not enough sticks. How Russia is trying to integrate the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region

How the occupation authorities were formed in Zaporizhzhia region, and what is happening now in all spheres of life in the region

RCC and UNEP Join Forces to Advance Regional Environmental and Climate Priorities

Xi's latest moves show that corruption remains a major problem for the Chinese military

Not just Pokrovsk: where else Russian troops are trying to break through

The 2025 enlargement package signals a shift from rhetoric to resolve – at least for some

Demostat: One gets the impression that Serbia is suffocating in pro-Russian propaganda

Russia is sending people with mental health issues and serious illnesses to the front line of the war in Ukraine

EU 'Democracy Shield' Aims To Counter Russian Disinformation

Parents and Children. How Russia Imprisons Entire Families in Annexed Crimea

Belarus’ Media Landscape in 2025: The Regime’s Tight Grip and Moscow’s Growing Influence

Russian attacks on nuclear power plants: what are the dangers and how to counter them?

Team Europe launches €37 million EU4Reconstruction programme to support inclusive reconstruction in Ukraine

Beijing’s ‘Polar Push’: China’s Growing Influence in the Arctic

Iraq's social media mercenaries dying for Russia

EU support for better transport connections in Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Moldova

The 30-year-old from Bosnia who went to fight for Russia in Ukraine: I did it for adventure, not money

Russia Chartbook by KSE Institute — Budget Reprieve Before the End-of-Year Crunch; Macro Situation Dependent on New US Sanctions

Subscribe and follow: Foreign content creators working in Russia have a responsibility not to repeat Kremlin propaganda narratives

The EU adopts stricter rules on visas for Russian nationals

Fear, hiding, escape. How Russia is crushing Ukrainian teachers in the occupied territories

EU and UN launch €4.4 million initiative to help Georgia reduce waste, boost recycling, and foster green growth

Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans (Part two)

OPINION: Russia’s Police Shortage: Will Putin Lose Control?

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

Demographic Crime: How Russia Is Repopulating Occupied Territories – Analysis

Putin Seeks to Solve His Azerbaijan Problem

“I didn’t go into the attack, they tied me up and pulled out my teeth with pliers.” Testimony of a Russian deserter

Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans (Part one)

The plunder and violence unleashed in occupied Ukraine has reached Russia’s own towns

Putin orders reservists to guard oil sites from Ukraine’s drones

17 South Africans call home for help after being stranded fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine war

2025 Enlargement Package shows progress towards EU membership for key enlargement partners

They came from the East

Putin returns to brinksmanship after new U.S. sanctio

Russia’s Spies Fear the Children

Deepening Energy Crisis in Transnistria: Moscow Caught Between Financial Blockades and Gas Supply Pressure

Russia is preparing Ukrainian children from occupied territories to fight in its war

EIB provides over €46 million to improve energy efficiency, urban transport and municipal services in Ukrainian cities

How Local Corruption Evolved in China Under Xi Jinping

Xi’s beefed-up system of anti-corruption inspections paradoxically helps legitimize corrupt practices.

Crimean Tears. Peninsula on the Brink of Water Supply Disaster

Some Reservoirs on the Occupied Peninsula Have Water for Months

EU enlargement: How to end the wait?

ECtHR orders Russia to provide just satisfaction to Georgia over human rights violations

Ukraine: “To Be Silent Is to Let Them Keep Killing”

'We’re Rabid Warmongers’ — Russia’s Propagandists Rage

Russia now may be losing 50,000 troops a month—and Putin has no easy options

Moscow’s Balkan Recruits: Russia’s Drive to Enlist Serb Fighters for Ukraine War

Russia is not yet ripe for peace talks — with what mood the world is entering November

EIB Global provides €100 million to support Armenian micro and small businesses

EU-China at loggerheads: Brussels prepares response to Beijing’s restrictions on rare earths

MOSCOW BLOG: Lukoil to sell foreign assets due to US oil sanctions

UN Commission Accuses Russia Of New Crime Against Humanity In Ukraine

"As I loved Ukraine before, I will continue to love it, I took a Russian passport to live." How forced passportization works in the occupation

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

Kremlin’s drone surge in 2025 and its hybrid threat to Ukraine and Europe

Prosecuting Russia’s Foreign Mercenaries

EU Forum – Western Balkans in Tirana, 400 million euros investment for AI, clean energy, and industry

The Arctic, outer space and influence-building: China and Russia join forces to expand in new strategic frontiers

Trump goes there Lukoil and Rosneft account for half of Russia’s oil exports. Now both are under U.S. sanctions.

Putin — Disagreement Is Terrorism

Poland Detains Suspected Saboteurs Amid Fears Of Russian ‘Hybrid Warfare’

"In Crimea, they go to bed dressed, waiting for the FSB" Russia is persecuting dozens of women from Crimea - human rights defender

Moscow’s hybrid war falters along the Middle Corridor

19th package of sanctions against Russia: EU targets Russian energy, third-country banks and crypto providers

Factories for the production of young soldiers for Russia

EBRD extends guarantees to Ukreximbank to unlock €200 million in new lending

Corruption and purge in the PLA: Apprehension and distrust

Russian Oil Tracker – September 2025: Export revenues declined, but the shadow fleet offsets the losses

Reintegrating the Western Balkans: Strategic Imperatives for EU and NATO

'A Dangerous Game'

Plans for Trump-Putin talks in Budapest shelved

Russia’s Federal Subjects Quietly Cutting Subsidies For Military Recruits – Analysis

How Moldova Defied Russia

Why does Russia want Donbas? 6 things to know about the region Ukraine is being pressured to give up

EBRD launches first manat-denominated bonds in Azerbaijan

Vaccines, cameras and military exercises in the function of China's 'hard power' in the Western Balkans

How Russian bots started to divide Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars

770,000 migrants told to leave Russia

Russia's Invisible War

How Russia promotes its agenda in the world

Two iPhones and an Unwrapped SIM: Accused Russian Saboteur’s Bosnia Sojourn

Sexual violence, torture and betrayal: Life under Putin’s occupation

Growth, reform, Russia: Von der Leyen in the Western Balkans

Can China eradicate corruption in its military?

Chornobyl, ZNPP, and Blackouts: What the October Attacks on the Energy System Mean