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Turkish Mass Arrests Target Kurdish Areas Ahead of Election
Turkish police have detained at least 126 people suspected of links to a banned Kurdish militant group, ahead…
How Oligarchs Use Brussels to Launder Their Reputations
When the police raided the home of the former socialist MEP and lawyer Pier Antonio Panzeri and found…
Deployed to Ukraine, Leopard 2 Are Ready for Battlefield
Frankfurt, Brussels (22/3 – 55) The first leopards arrived in Ukraine on Feb 24, marking the first anniversary…
New Kazakhstan, New Democracy
(9/3 – 125) Kazakhstan is gearing up for snap elections of the lower house of parliament on March…
Fragile Tajikistan Government in Need of Reforms
Brussels, Berlin (21/3 – 42.86) Tajikistan, a small fragile country in Central Asia, has been facing a multitude…
Kazakhstan Electing New Lower House Parliament
Kazakhstan is gearing up for snap elections of the lower house of parliament on March 19, and there…
Russian Tech Giant VK Orders Employees to Return From Abroad
Russian tech giant VK has effectively banned employees from working abroad permanently, state news agencies reported Wednesday, citing…
European Parliament, NATO supports Hybrid Toolbox
Brussels (22/2 – 50) The European Union’s plan to implement the EU Hybrid Toolbox (EUHT), which was launched…
How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down
At about 1am on February 24 last year, Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, received a troubling phone…
Putinology: the art of analyzing the man in the Kremlin
As Russian President Vladimir Putin massed his military on Ukraine’s border in late 2021, many analysts doubted Putin…