The Russians are building their own Starlink system. Day 1490 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Crisis of the Putin economic model in Russia

• Azerbaijan: closer to Russia, further from the West

• Desperate action by fighters in Grozny

• Thuringia: the first post-Communist state premier

• Germany’s E.ON is running away from its debts – the company’s new strategy

• Moldova: moderate success for the pro-European parties

• The unwanted gas pipeline: Russia has halted the construction of South Stream

• Russia is driving a wedge into Germany

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

A fragile future: decarbonisation of Germany’s steel sector

The three special cases: demographic processes in the South Caucasus

Help from the Far East: Japan’s support for Ukraine

On the eve of a parliamentary election in Moldova: a European future in the shadow of uncertain results

Putin’s elite divides the spoils in Russia: large-scale nationalisation and re-privatisation of assets

A nationalist voice of protest: the resurgence of radical parties in Bulgaria