Region: Post-Soviet space

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Kazinform International News Agency, Moscow, December 1, 2020

Moldova is the forgotten epicenter of tensions between the West and Russia

There seem to be two key factors—whether the main contender was previously part of power structures and how loyal security forces are to the incumbent’s administration

Russia is learning to mind its limitations, to repel residual nostalgia and to think straight, putting issues before personalities, staying focused on its own interests

How Russia deals with its sphere of influence

Vitaly Naumkin proposes several scenarios for managing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that would be useful for external players to keep in mind, as without their help the conflicting parties are…

On September 29, 2020, international debates on the possible role of France and the European Union as a whole in resolving the political crisis in Belarus were facilitated by France 24, a French…

The Crisis in Belarus is Much More than “Just” a Colour Revolution

Interview with the Head of the Research and Analysis Department of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union Kirill Entin

Is there a future for Belarus as an independent nation, or must it choose between being absorbed by the Poland-Lithuania-NATO constellation of power or by metropolitan Russia?  

On June 4, 2020, Andrey Gromyko Association of Foreign Policy Studies, with the support of the Permanent Committee of the Union State, held an expert discussion on the topic “Russia and Belarus:…

On May 12, 2020, International Crisis Group held an online expert meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conflict situations in the post-Soviet space, the possibilities of international…