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

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• Repressions and electoral fraud: regional elections in Russia

• Abkhazia: Khajimba re-elected

• German business with Merkel in China

• Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners

• New hopes, old risks: the prospects for settling the conflict in Donbas

• Romania: the ruling coalition’s disintegration and the game Ponta plays

• Wins for SPD in Brandenburg and CDU in Saxony. AfD the strongest opposition party

• Government of experts in Ukraine

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

An uncertain future for Rosatom’s nuclear technology exports

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