The citizens of Turkey voted in a national referendum to amend the constitution. This will lead to a radical strengthening of the president’s power.

The political situation in Ukraine is determined primarily by the ongoing war, and the situation of stalemate at the front is raising the level of public impatience.

Russian Federation vetoed a draft resolution concerning the investigation into the chemical attack which took place in Khan Sheikhoun.

On 24 April in Paris, Nord Stream 2 AG signed agreements regarding the financing of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction project.

Over the past fifteen years, the presence in Russia of several million labour migrants from Central Asia has been a key determinant of the region’s stability.

On 11-12 April, the US secretary of state Rex Tillerson made his first state visit to Moscow.

The parliamentary election on 2 April has led to the consolidation of Armenia’s political scene.

The German government passed a bill imposing on social networking portals the obligation to block or remove untrue information and hate speech.

On 5 April a new organisational structure was formed as part of the Bundeswehr: the Cyber and Information Space (Cyber-und Informationsraum, CIR). 

The terrorist attacks in Stockholm and Saint Petersburg were preceded by other large scale terrorist attacks conducted by Islamic radicals from Central Asia.