Why freezing Ukraine’s war would guarantee another Russian invasion
This war will not end in another uneasy ceasefire. It must end with Ukraine’s victory, because anything less is just a path to the next invasion.
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Investigative journalist Christo Grozev: Kremlin plans to interfere in Georgia’s elections
"If Russia's plans work, it will be the end of a free Georgia as we know it," Grozev warned.
How to stop Russian aggression in post-Soviet states? | 30 Years of Freedom, p.4
Moldova Unlike most of Moldova, which was part of Romania in the interwar period, Transnistria was an autonomous…
Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…
Kremlin behaving toward Ukraine now the way it did toward Georgia before 2008 invasion, Portnikov says
Moscow’s propaganda campaign against Ukraine and its dislocation of troops near the Ukrainian border echo the propaganda it…
Russia’s triple strategy of proxy war used against Georgia in 1920 and 2000s
In 2008, during the Russo-Georgian war, the same Tskhinvali region (south Ossetia) was again occupied by Russian troops…
Qarabagh war outcome opens way for Putin to create ‘post-Soviet space 2.0,’ Dubnov says
The most important outcome of the Qarabagh war was not the defeat of Armenia, the victory of Azerbaijan…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin as “peacemaker” in Karabakh is a warning signal for Ukraine
Thus, Putin is once again a “peacemaker”. It is not at all difficult to remember what happened in…
Troop disengagements with Russia work only after capitulation to Russia: lessons from Georgia and Moldova
The disengagements of troops in Moldova and Georgia took place under interstate agreements on a ceasefire signed between…
Surkov seen remaining in charge of Kremlin policy on Donbas, Abkhazia and South Ossetia
After a media boomlet suggesting Mikhail Babich, the recently recalled Russian ambassador to Minsk, would replace Vladislav Surkov…
Ten years after: why Georgia failed to reintegrate its occupied territories
Read also: Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians Never-ending Geneva These days ten years ago, the Russo-Georgian…
Northern Kazakhstan likely to be Putin’s next target for aggression
Given that Vladimir Putin very much hopes to get a new political boost like the one he received…
‘Russian Security Agencies Said Increasing Recruitment of Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
North Caucasus republics could flourish on their own, Israeli political analyst says
Even people who accept that the North Caucasus is a Russian colony often argue that the republics of…
Russian outpourings into the Caucasus
It is restless again on the Russian Federation’s (RF) southern border. This unrest should not be a surprise…
Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians
I met Julia in 2016, when being a volunteer in the summer peace camp for Ukrainian kids who…
Even direct costs of Putin’s aggression unsustainable, Pashkov says
The indirect costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea as well as his military…
Hybrid warfare: stages of Russian occupation in frozen conflicts in a nutshell
The frozen conflicts Russia controls in the territory of the neighboring states are: Transnistrian conflict in Moldova (also…
Policy shift shows Russia preparing to recognize its puppet republics in Donbas
On February 18, President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree on recognition of “passports” issued by so-called…
Occupied Donbas risks becoming like South Ossetia
Russian-controlled South Ossetia held so-called “presidential elections” on April 9. Observers and journalists — only Russian ones, of…