Russia is heading for its first default since 1998 as its deadline for a US$100-million debt payment is today (Sunday)…
Russia & Eastern Europe
Lithuania rail checks focus attention on isolated Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
Lithuania is threatening to effectively cut off rail links to Russia’s Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad and isolate it from the…
Ukrainian general threatens to target high-profile Russian bridge to Crimea
A Ukrainian general has threatened to use long-range western weapons to destroy the newly constructed Kerch bridge linking Russia and…
Moldovan pro-Russian former president arrested amid invasion fears
A court in Moldova has placed the pro-Russian former president Igor Dodon under house arrest amid an investigation into treason,…
Belarus jails Russian student seized off downed Ryanair flight
A Russian law student detained after her Ryanair flight from Greece was forced to land in Belarus last May has…
Ukraine sinks more Russian boats with Turkish-made Bayraktar drones
Ukraine claims its armed forces have sunk another Russian ship in the Black Sea using Turkish-made drones. The Ukrainian military…
Transnistria explosions spark fears Ukraine conflict will spread to Moldova
Three days of alleged attacks in Transnistria, the contested region of Moldova seized by Russia, are raising fears of a…
25 Apr 2022
Belarus opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says Lukashenko in weakening position
20 Mar 2022
Japan condemns Russian naval exercises around disputed Kuril Islands
7 Mar 2022
Russia outlaws war reporting and gags debate as Ukraine disaster unfolds
7 Mar 2022
Thousands detained as anti-war protests erupt across Russia
1 Mar 2022
Ukraine praises Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 drones for blocking Russian advances
28 Feb 2022
Europe increasingly bans Russian flights from its airspace
11 Feb 2022
Russian forces deploy in Belarus to tighten Ukraine’s encirclement
20 Jan 2022
United Nations report says Belarus made ‘deliberately false’ bomb threat to seize journalist
15 Dec 2021