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Moldova's president, Maia Sandu, arrives to hold a press conference at the Presidency headquarters in Chisinau, September 29, 2025. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP

Moldovans choose Brussels over Moscow

The resounding success of Moldova's ruling pro-EU party in parliamentary elections ruffles feathers in Moscow, which remains wary of former Soviet states getting pulled into the West's orbit

Con Coughlin 01 October 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during an official welcoming ceremony for delegations' heads at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / AFP

Can Moldova and Armenia escape Russia’s orbit?

Moscow's much smaller neighbours have been looking elsewhere for energy, trade, investment, and security. That is not in Russia's plans, but Putin knows the new US president is unlikely to help them.

Nazareth Seferian 12 March 2025
People line up to get water at the well in outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia’s War in Ukraine and the Growing Humanitarian Crisis

It’s been two weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. The war has only intensified since the initial bombing began on February 24, after President Putin announced his “special military operation” in…

Maia Otarashvili 11 March 2022
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Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

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