Russia

Southwest Asia & North Africa

Russia and Iran Sign $25 Billion Deal to Build 4 Nuclear Plants

By Zach Rojo October 18, 2025

Western Europe & Canada

New Tensions Between Italy and Russia

By Charlotte Kner February 25, 2025

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Hosts BRICS Summit in Kazan Despite Continuing Western Sanctions

By Anton Khechoyan October 26, 2024

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Targets Anti-Putin Musicians Abroad

By Kuzma Shepelev February 22, 2024

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Serbia Acquires Russian Anti-Drone System Amid EU Sanctions

By Izzy Simmons February 22, 2024

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia and Ukraine Face Potential Discord and Demoralization

By Goran Pope December 8, 2023

Elections

President Andry Rajoelina Runs for a Third Term in Madagascar

By Aamir Jamil October 27, 2023

Elections

The Slovak Populist SMER Party Forms a New Government with a Moderate-Left Party and an Ultranationalist Party

By Sharon Huang October 27, 2023

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

American-Russian Journalist Detained in Russia: Freedom of Press Threatened

By Isabel Simmons October 26, 2023

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russian Authorities Detain Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny’s Lawyers

October 26, 2023

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Latvia Takes Proactive Measures Amid Growing Concerns of Russian Expansion

By Isabel Simmons October 19, 2023

Elections

September 30 Parliamentary Election: A Critical Point for Slovakia to Reshape its International Standing on EU-Russia Relations

By Sharon Huang October 4, 2023

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Turkey Denounces Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory

By Henry Liu October 14, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Potential Nord Stream Sabotage Leaves Europe on Edge

By Brynn Halbach October 12, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Kremlin Annexations Prompt Fears of Nuclear Escalation

By Rachel Gurevich October 12, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Serbia Refuses to Comply with EU Restrictions and Sanctions

By Brynn Halbach April 3, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Newly Popular Zelensky Activates the Political Machine

By Nicholas Voltaggio March 20, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russian Lawmakers Tighten Media Control with New Laws

By Brynn Halbach March 20, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russian Security Council Footage Pre-Recorded, Edited

By Sydney Raymond March 20, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

EU Bars Russian Planes From European Airspace

By Brynn Halbach March 4, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Ukraine’s Neighbors Rally to Support Surging Refugees

By Nicholas Voltaggio March 4, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Georgetown’s Alexander Hamilton Society Debates Ukraine

By Paul Medvetsky February 28, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

An Abridged History of Luhansk and Donetsk

By Sarah Keisler February 24, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Ethnic Russians in Ukrainian Breakaway Regions Flee to Russia

By Sophie McDowall February 22, 2022

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Moldova Signs New Contract with Gazprom

By Paul Medvetsky November 9, 2021

Western Europe & Canada

Germany Vows Nordstream 2 Will Not be a Threat to EU Gas Supply

By Quentin Fidance November 8, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russian Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Charged With Treason

By Sydney Raymond October 16, 2021

Indo-Asia-Pacific

China Successfully Launches Core Module of Its First Space Station

By Judy Jiang May 4, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Czech President Denies Certainty of Russian Involvement in Arms Depot Blast

By Nirvana Khan May 3, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Navalny Ends Hunger Strike

By Charlie Sabgir May 3, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Arrests Duo Accused of Lukashenko Assassination Plot

By Jialan Deal May 3, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Fines TikTok For Anti-Kremlin Content

By Nirvana Khan April 12, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russian University Professor Under Investigation for Holocaust Denial

By Nirvana Khan April 12, 2021

Western Europe & Canada

Italian Navy Captain Suspected of Espionage

By Graham Hillmann April 10, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Bulgarian Prosecutors Arrest Alleged Members of Russian Spy Ring

By Neval Mulaomerovic March 29, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Putin Receives Sputnik V Vaccine

By Renée Clark March 29, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Pulls Ambassador from US

By Nirvana Khan March 22, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Threatens to Block Twitter

By Maxim Krukov March 20, 2021

Western Europe & Canada

Italy to Begin Producing Russian Covid-19 Vaccine

By Thomas Lohman March 17, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Navalny’s Whereabouts Remain Unclear, Leaving Public Hoping for the Best

By Renée Clark March 17, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Warns of Retaliation Against U.S. and EU Sanctions

By Meredith Lambert March 16, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Ukrainian President Sanctions Pro-Russian Opposition Leader

By Jialan Deal February 24, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Protests Against Armenian Prime Minister Grow After Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal

By Jialan Deal February 2, 2021

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Moldovan President Calls for Russian Troops to Withdraw from Disputed Region

By Sarah Keisler December 9, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Moldova Elects Pro-Western Maia Sandu as President

By Sarah Keisler November 23, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Claims COVID-19 Vaccine is 92 Percent Effective

By Josephine Wu November 20, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Azerbaijan and Russia Triumph in Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal

By Sarah Keisler November 15, 2020

World

Compass World: Straight Up Not Havana Good Time

By Thomas Menten November 3, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Putin Approves Second COVID-19 Vaccine

By Josephine Wu October 27, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Ecological Disaster Plagues Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula

By Sarah Keisler October 23, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Gulag Historian Sentenced to 13 Years in Penal Colony

By Cleary Waldo October 11, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Putin Puts Forth Non-Interference Agreement with U.S.

By Sarah Keisler October 7, 2020

Coin

Compass Money: The Economics of the Situation in Belarus – An Interview with Dr. Anders Åslund

By Marianna Aslund September 24, 2020

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Russia Reacts to COVID-19 Outbreak by Confining and Deporting Travelers

By Dennis Azvolinsky March 4, 2020

Western Europe & Canada

Macron Proposes New EU Nuclear Posture Plan

By Talin Antarkar February 27, 2020

Southwest Asia & North Africa

Conflict in Syria’s Last Rebel-Held Province Intensifies, Displacing Half a Million

By Chris Bass February 14, 2020