Alexander Lukashenko
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Europe’s last dictator comes in from the cold

Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue to prop up the Belarusian economy rather than risk further unrest in the region? […]

Fallout with Turkey shows that Russia can lose friends as quickly as it makes them
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Nina Khrushcheva: Putin is a brilliant tactician, but a losing strategist

Each Russian leader picks a subject he is an expert in and Vladimir Putin‘s subject is history. “That is why in order to understand Russia, we must understand Russian history,” says Professor Nina Khrushcheva of the New School University in New York. […]

Nagorno-Karabakh
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Clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh ‘could create wider conflict in region’

The clashes between Azeri and Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, could lead to a wider conflict, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

Radovan Karadžić
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Karadzic sentence ‘shows it is possible to deliver justice’

The “Butcher of Bosnia” Radovan Karadžić has been found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity by a special UN court and sentenced to 40 years in prison for atrocities in the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995. […]

Nadiya Savchenko
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Ukrainian pilot Savchenko found guilty by Russian court

A Russian court passed a guilty verdict for Ukrainian armed force pilot Nadiya Savchenko in a case Lithuania regards as unlawful. […]