A mutual ceasefire on Victory Day. Day 1539 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The Pokrovsk agglomeration in operational encirclement. Day 1350 of the war

• Kudrytskyi’s arrest: an attempt to intimidate representatives of the state apparatus in Ukraine

• A drifting island: Ankara on changes in the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

• A technocrat for tough times? Moldova’s new government

• Barriers to a ‘pragmatic policy’ towards Turkey: Chancellor Merz in Ankara

• Derogation of Rosneft’s German assets from US sanctions

• Lithuania closes its border with Belarus for a month

• Russian soldiers in the centre of Pokrovsk. Day 1343 of the war

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

Seven lean years? Romania’s struggle with record high debt

The Trump administration and the Russia-Ukraine war: in search of an agreement with Moscow

The economies of the Baltic states: recession, stagnation and acceleration

Iran in crisis: the landscape after the Twelve-Day War

Closing ranks: Russia-China energy cooperation amid escalating confrontation with the West

Russia’s 2026 budget: mounting financial challenges and economic stagnation