Unlikely allies gather in Pushkin’s shadow to challenge the KremlinMoscow Letter: Poet’s statue has been a magnet for generations of Russian dissentersTue Sept 21 2021 - 10:35
Kremlin hails allies’ landslide election win as Putin critics cry foulOpposition candidates claim victories stolen by Russia’s opaque online voting systemMon Sept 20 2021 - 16:47
Kremlin-aligned United Russia party looks set to retain majorityCandidates linked to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny were barred from the electionSun Sept 19 2021 - 23:10
Russia holds parliamentary elections amid crackdown on Putin criticsCandidates linked to jailed Alexei Navalny barred and groups labelled ‘foreign agents’Sun Sept 19 2021 - 17:27
Russia under Putin: ‘We need to fight to the end. There’s almost no one left’On the eve of an expected sham election, many of Putin’s political opponents are already jailed or deadSat Sept 18 2021 - 06:00
Russian opposition accuses ‘shameful’ US tech giants of aiding election crackdownGoogle and Apple remove jailed campaigner Alexei Navalny's app as Russia opens pollsFri Sept 17 2021 - 15:23
Kiev decries Russian plan to open election to voters in east UkraineRussia believed to have given passports to 600,000 people in militia-held areasThu Sept 16 2021 - 17:04
Merkel urges Balkan leaders to pursue reform on farewell visit to regionBalkan countries frustrated at slow pace of progress towards EU membershipTue Sept 14 2021 - 18:39
Russia and Belarus launch war games and agree deeper economic tiesKremlin insists drills involving 200,000 troops are not a threat to any stateFri Sept 10 2021 - 17:10
Russian minister and ex-Putin bodyguard dies ‘trying to save film-maker’Yevgeny Zinichev killed in fall in remote Arctic area after overseeing start of major drillsWed Sept 08 2021 - 18:34
Belarus jails opposition figures amid condemnation from WestMore than 650 political prisoners behind bars as Lukashenko as crushes dissentMon Sept 06 2021 - 17:57
Ukraine wants White House deals to ease fears over US supportBiden to host Zelenskiy for talks on Russia, security, energy and investmentTue Aug 31 2021 - 17:10
Europe seeks allies in central Asia to tackle fallout from AfghanistanUzbekistan closes border to Afghans as region fears refugee and security crisesMon Aug 30 2021 - 19:15
Poland and Latvia defend treatment of migrants stuck on Belarus borderWarsaw and Baltic states say Minsk regime must take responsibility for influxThu Aug 26 2021 - 17:15
Fears for migrants stuck on Belarus border as EU states tighten securityPoland and Baltic states building fences to block ‘weaponised’ migration via MinskTue Aug 24 2021 - 18:05
Russia and Central Asian allies vow to prevent Afghan crisis spreadingPutin fears West's refugee flights from Kabul could bring militants to Russia's doorstepMon Aug 23 2021 - 17:59
Russia warned not to use pipeline as ‘geopolitical weapon’ against UkraineKiev seeks more assurances from Berlin over impact of Nord Stream 2 gas projectSun Aug 22 2021 - 19:11
Russia sees risks and potential rewards in US exit from AfghanistanTaliban rule could destabilise Central Asia and accelerate regional rise of ChinaFri Aug 20 2021 - 16:35
Russia sees record Covid-19 deaths as Delta and low vaccination rate biteSputnik V vaccine developers vow to overcome export delivery delays this monthThu Aug 12 2021 - 15:48
Latvia takes emergency steps to halt illegal migration through BelarusMinsk regime accused of using thousands of migrants to destabilise EU neighboursTue Aug 10 2021 - 18:30
Belarus says West risks sparking war as new sanctions hit Minsk regimeLukashenko isolated but defiant a year after rigged elections sparked huge protestsMon Aug 09 2021 - 19:08
Toxic regime: ‘More than ever Belarus feels like a nation now’Pro-democracy movement in Belarus defiant as Lukashenko regime jails and exiles criticsSat Aug 07 2021 - 06:00
EU tells Belarus to stop using migrants in ‘hybrid’ campaign against LithuaniaBelarusian Olympian ‘happy to be in safety’ in Poland after refusing to go homeThu Aug 05 2021 - 18:45
Belarusian opposition figures on trial as defiant Olympian leaves TokyoUkraine steps up security for Belarusian exiles after activist found hangedWed Aug 04 2021 - 16:50
Belarusian opposition see regime’s hand behind death of missing activistUkrainian police open murder case after Vitaly Shishov found hanged in Kiev parkTue Aug 03 2021 - 18:35
Poland offers refuge to Belarusian Olympian seeking asylumKrystsina Tsimanouskaya fears reprisals from Lukashenko regime over criticismsMon Aug 02 2021 - 19:23
Lithuania warns Belarus of more sanctions over ‘weaponised’ migrant surgeMinsk accused of using migrants to destabilise the Baltic state which helps critics of BelarusFri Jul 30 2021 - 17:17
Romania plans to deliver vaccines to Ireland in coming weeksRomanian vaccine offical plays down concerns deal may have struck troubleFri Jul 30 2021 - 01:00
Georgia's ruling party under fire for quitting EU-brokered crisis dealCritics accuse Georgian Dream of betraying reform pledges to voters and western alliesWed Jul 28 2021 - 18:07
Bosnian Serbs boycott state institutions over ban on genocide denialMany Serbs dispute court rulings on Srebrenica massacre and other 1990s war crimesTue Jul 27 2021 - 18:12
Budapest to hold Pride march as Hungary piles pressure on LGBT rightsIreland among states backing community that feels targeted by Orban governmentFri Jul 23 2021 - 15:55
Ukraine unnerved by US-German pact on Russian gas pipelinePoland joins Kiev in vowing continued opposition to Nord Stream 2 projectThu Jul 22 2021 - 15:56
Orban’s critics denounce plan for Hungarian vote on ‘anti-LGBT’ lawOpponents accuse populist leader of trying to distract from ‘Pegasus’ surveillance scandalWed Jul 21 2021 - 16:16
Serbia trades barbs with angry neighbours as Balkan tempers frayBosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro question Belgrade’s commitment to peace and stabilityTue Jul 20 2021 - 17:08
Georgian groups urge EU to help defend democracy after far-right violenceLeaders of politically tense Black Sea state insist pro-western stance is secureMon Jul 19 2021 - 18:20
Moldovan pro-EU party plans corruption crackdown after election landslideAllies of President Maia Sandu seek ‘pragmatic, predictable’ relations with MoscowFri Jul 16 2021 - 16:14
Ukraine's parliament accepts resignation of powerful interior ministerInfluential Arsen Avakov quit amid reports of growing rift with President ZelenskiyThu Jul 15 2021 - 17:45
Lithuania seeks international help to halt ‘weaponised’ migration via BelarusMinsk accused of funnelling migrants to EU border in revenge for western sanctionsWed Jul 14 2021 - 19:29
Georgian cameraman’s death stokes anger over attack on Pride paradeGovernment accused of failing to stop violence and shielding far-right mobTue Jul 13 2021 - 18:33
Roscrea on agenda for Belarusian pro-democracy leader’s return to IrelandExiled Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to meet Government officials as Minsk’s crackdown on critics continuesSat Jul 10 2021 - 05:01
Bulgarians head to repeat elections amid swirl of corruption claimsPolls suggest second vote in three months may not break parliamentary deadlockThu Jul 08 2021 - 19:08
EU tells Hungary to quash ‘disgraceful’ anti-LGBT lawCritics of Orban government want EU funds withheld over graft and rule of law concernsWed Jul 07 2021 - 17:28
Belarus jails opposition leader and threatens to block western goodsEU and US condemn Lukashenko regime as crackdown on critics continuesTue Jul 06 2021 - 16:36
Taliban advance sends 1,000 Afghan troops fleeing into TajikistanRussia reassures ex-Soviet ally as US exit from Afghanistan stokes fears for regional stabilityMon Jul 05 2021 - 17:25
Romania halts most Covid-19 vaccine imports as people shun jabsBucharest sells unused shots to Denmark as it and Bulgaria seek to salvage expired dosesThu Jul 01 2021 - 16:44
Lukashenko under fire as Belarus downgrades EU tiesBloc responds as Minsk recalls envoy and freezes participation in partnership projectTue Jun 29 2021 - 17:56
Russia’s biggest cities report record Covid-19 deaths amid vaccination driveKremlin rejects national lockdown as regions tighten rules to fight Delta variantMon Jun 28 2021 - 17:03
Budapest Pride to defy Hungary’s new law on LGBTQ+ mattersOrban criticised over shielding children from homosexual and transgender contentFri Jun 25 2021 - 20:00
Czech officials defend police over death of Roma detaineeTop politicians and police chiefs reject comparisons to killing of George Floyd in USThu Jun 24 2021 - 19:09
UK denies Russian claim that shots were fired at royal navy shipRussia says it dropped bombs in path of HMS Defender after it entered country’s territoryWed Jun 23 2021 - 13:51
