New Year slowdown on the front. Day 1412 of the war

Analyses

Analyses of current affairs

• The first round of presidential elections in Lithuania: no clear leader, defeat for the Prime Minister

• Russia’s controversial ambassador in Minsk is dismissed

• Dirty oil: the greatest crisis in the history of the Druzhba pipeline

• Russian citizenship for Donbas residents

• Russia on Zelenskiy’s victory

• The great experiment: Zelensky the new president of Ukraine

• The Runet fortress: the Kremlin’s struggle with the ‘hostile’ internet

• Russia’s position on Ukraine’s elections

Commentaries

In-depth analyses of current affairs

The CDU/CSU–SPD government facing economic challenges

The Kaja Kallas era: Estonia’s high-profile diplomacy

The year of Péter Magyar: great expectations, great challenges

Slovakia’s depopulation: balancing support for children and senior citizens

The NB8 group and other formats of security cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

Students vs the system – protest strategies in Serbia