Russia and FSU

On March 19th, Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigned after having spent almost 30 years as the country’s leader. Under the Soviet rule, he first served as the chairman of the…

“Blatant disrespect” for Russia’s government can now land you in jail, under a new law the country’s legislature has passed. Worried that Russians are increasingly inclined to criticize the state or…

At the end of 2013,Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s president, postponed signing an association agreement with theEuropean Union, choosing instead to pursue closer ties withRussia. Protesters began…

Russia’s 2014 annexation ofCrimea, its war in easternUkraine, its interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and other aggressive acts againstthe United Statesand its allies demand a…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014 marked a sharp break with the past: the post–Cold War interlude, a time when peace and democracy spread across the globe, was over, and a new, more aggressive era…

Recent events in theBlack Seahave thrust Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war inUkraine back into the international headlines, but for ordinary Ukrainians, it never went away. Over the past four…

Russian and Chinese actions are converging to challenge the U.S.-led global order. Last month, China joined Russia in conducting the latter’s largest military exercises since the Cold War. As the war…

Russia has made itself the arbiter of events in Syria. Its military intervention and use of intensive bombing allowed it to change the balance of forces on the ground and save the Assad regime. But…