Central/Eastern Europe

During war, resilience means survival

It is difficult to be resilient in times of crisis, but even more challenging to remain resilient in times of war. Oleg Pokalchuk, a military psychologist from Ukraine, said in a presentation at the virtual […]

The Kremlin
Central/Eastern Europe

MEP Kubilius – The tragedy of Russia: main points

The European continent is facing a severe geopolitical crisis caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. This has also revealed a phenomenon worthy of being called the “Tragedy of Russia”: a Russia that is failing […]

Central/Eastern Europe

«Караваны» – в Европу. Как украинцам помогают выбираться из оккупации? И почему сейчас ищут женщин-волонтеров?

Мариуполец Александр Федоров с начала войны помогает эвакуировать земляков. Размещает посты в соцсетях, принимает заявки и потом передает их волонтерам. Сам встретил войну на заработках в Чехии, а вот родственники — были в охваченном войной […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Проблемы внутренне перемещенных лиц (ВПЛ) в Украине

После начала второго (первый этап весна 2014 г.) этапа войны РФ против Украины 24 февраля 2022 г. миллионы украинцев вынуждены были переселиться из зон боевых действий. Часть украинских граждан выехали за пределы Украины, где получили […]

Kyiv, summer 2022. Andreas Umland
Central/Eastern Europe

After the war

Ukraine, the West and democracy will prevail. Whatever Mr Putin does or does not do, despite his war crimes and nuclear threats, despite his bombing of Ukrainian cities and the violence of his repression even […]

Central/Eastern Europe

NATO and Ukraine

Last week, a number of important geopolitical developments took place: Putin finally revealed that he was in total desperation and rushed to announce that he was annexing not only the occupied but also unoccupied, and […]

Central/Eastern Europe

A Russian living in Lithuania: you have no idea what’s going on in their social networks now

A ban on Russian tourists crossing the external borders of the European Union (EU) came into force in Lithuania on 19 September. The same procedure also came into force in Latvia, Estonia and Poland. Viktor […]