Two years ago, a separatist movement in southeast Ukraine brought war and tragedy to the whole country. Though the crisis continues, the movement’s first leaders have gone their separate ways. Русский
Russia’s leading performance artist on prison and liberty. Русский
There’s not much we know for sure about oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc — except that he has his eye on Moldova’s presidency.
Tajikistan’s government doesn’t hesitate to go after its critics abroad. Intimidation, beatings and murder — this is Central Asia’s authoritarianism without borders.
Next month, this industrial city in southeast Ukraine goes to the polls. The electoral race tells us one thing so far: this town needs an alternative. Русский
Protecting sources at risk, self-censorship and poor financing — Armenia has no shortage of obstacles for its journalists to overcome in 2016. Русский
For years it was a taboo topic. But some Moldovans are again considering reunification with Romania.
Constitutional reform was supposed to put post-Maidan Ukraine on a firmly democratic footing. Two years later, this process has gone seriously off track.
War in the east, political and economic crisis in Kyiv — these are ideal conditions for Ukraine’s far right to capitalise on their frontline successes. RU
There’s more to Moldova's protests than “pro-European” versus “pro-Russian”.
Protests have broken out in Azerbaijan against rising prices and falling living standards. Will the regime respond with anything but brute force?
From the left and the right, Moldova’s fractious opposition has formed an alliance to force snap elections. The cracks are showing already. Русский
