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"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

EU Support to Flood Recovery Project: Better Conditions for the School in the Heart of the Community

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

UK sanctions Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft, targets shadow fleet

Boot Camp: Scare Stories

How residents of occupied Crimea are being "lured into war with benefits and deception"

The Kremlin can Afford the Luxury of a Second Anti-NATO Front

Vladimir Putin says Russian air defences were to blame for Azerbaijani jetliner crash

“Carthage must be destroyed.” How Russian propagandists on Telegram react to attacks on Russia’s energy sector

EU Launches Three New Initiatives Worth €6.6 Million to Strengthen Independent Media in Ukraine

Reduction in the Number of Members of China’s Central Military Commission: How It Will Affect the Chinese Army

How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia

Putin is testing the West and its unity

Russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains

Non-Russians Increasing Their Share Of Russia’s Population – Analysis

$2.8 billion emergency plan tests Ukraine’s winter resilience

Czechia, Romania and Hungary dismantle Belarusian spy network in coordinated operation

Stolen Ukrainian grain

Children with special needs in 95 schools across Moldova benefit from assistive equipment

Polar “Silk Road”: The “Dragon” Conquers the Arctic

Russia and China Continue Cooperation in Oceanographic Research in the Bering Sea

Invisible New Front: How Sound Becomes a Weapon of War

"This is not confiscation": what the EU wants to do with Russian assets

Russia’s Most Powerful Weapon: Lies – OpEd

The Kremlin’s Disinformation War

Russian arms fueling Italian mafia: a growing security threat

The stockpiling of Kalashnikovs without serial numbers as strategic reserves poses a security challenge for the EU and NATO

Putin’s men unmasked

Ireland Launches EU Enlargement Programme for Public Servants in the Western Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine

China's Defense Universities Help Russia Offset Sanctions And Export Controls, New Research Shows

ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s Drones vs. Russia’s Energy Industry

The Kremlin’s hybrid war against Europe: The alliance of spies and the mafia is the foundation of russian power

As Georgia dismantles its civil service, the Kremlin watches and wins

The Shadows of Chernobyl Over Zaporizhzhia: What Will Happen If ZNPP’s Diesel Generators Stop Working

Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies

Russians pick up the tab The Kremlin’s new tax hike aims to plug a record deficit and fund the war — but it may not be enough

Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe

EIB supports Ukraine’s energy security with €300 million loan to Naftogaz

'Little one only knows her father from photos' - Exlusive report on POWs swap

Exclusive: The Russian Neo-Nazi Behind A Shadowy GRU Recruitment Campaign

Moldovans Reject Russia

“The losses are huge.” The results of the summer offensive of the Russian army and what will happen in the fall?

Putin orders largest autumn army call-up since 2016

Who is hosting Russian paramilitary camps in Serbia? Arrests shed light on secret network

'Tantamount to defeat' — even Russian propagandists don't think Russia is winning the war in Ukraine

Georgia: EU4Youth empowers 50 youth civil society organisations through Intensive Capacity Development Programme

How Russia is Helping China Prepare to Seize Taiwan

Putin sends squads of sick soldiers into Pokrovsk ‘meat grinder’

Russia draft 2026 budget cuts military spending for the first time, introduces new taxes

The spy who shines the spotlight on AUR. New suspicions that party MPs have ties to Russia

"The situation is getting worse": How Crimeans are living without fuel and when they can expect it

From battlefield to ballot box: Why Russia is drafting war veterans into politics

Putin raises the stakes of rejecting peace deal

Moldova’s Voters and the Russian Bear Paw

How Russia is re-educating Ukrainian children in the occupied territories

Enhancing Radiological Data Exchange and Strengthening Cooperation in Nuclear Safety between the EU and the Western Balkans

Europe's Moment: A Sanctuary Strategy for Ukraine

How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation

European Commission rejects Russian accusations about encouraging unrests

Russia controls 1 in 5 “shadow fleet” oil tankers worldwide to dodge sanctions and fund war

Reports From Regions Show The Cost of Putin’s War Outside Moscow – Analysis

Propaganda’s mixed response to Russia’s provocation against Poland

“Good people” from… FSB. How Russians recruit relatives of prisoners of war and missing soldiers

EBRD and BII strengthen Ukraine’s food security through $100 million financing for MHP

How China forgot promises and ‘debts’ to Ukraine, and backed Russia’s war

Russia’s New Potemkin Cities

The Kremlin Wants to Cool Down The Russian Economy. Why That Could Be A Problem

“Another failed attempt” – How did Dodik’s trip to Moscow turn into a fiasco?

‘They forgot about him’ Three years ago, Putin’s ‘partial mobilization’ sent 9,000 men from two Siberian regions to war. Today, a third are dead or disabled.

'We really need to act': EU breaks taboo with first-ever sanctions on Russian LNG

"The most terrible prison in Russia." Former Ukrainian prisoners of war talk about the Mordovian VK-10

EU4Sevan: new decentralised wastewater treatment plant inaugurated in Noratus

China Index: Beijing’s Influence Waning in Balkans – Except Bosnia