Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan achieved the highest overall rankings among Eurasian states included in the survey, coming in at 43rd and 53rd respectively out of 147 countries. Both scored comparatively ...

Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...

To end the war with Ukraine, Russia could offer the U.S. access to rare earth deposits in Ukraine that it does not legally ...

Ukrainian forces have seized the settlement of Nadiya, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank.

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Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since ...

There are the big fractures, where potential world wars – hot and cold – are simmering. Then there are the smaller fractures, such as those between the European Union and its neighbours: Northern ...

The leaders of a former Eastern Bloc nation and four former Soviet republics showed support for Georgia in its conflict with ...

One of the world's deepest and most dangerous caves lies in Abkhazia, a disputed part of Georgia. It takes days to get to the ...

He's been the best in the world ever since. The 28-year-old from Britain is the world champion once again — and just like his first world title two years ago, this one came in blowout fashion ...

The newly elected president of the unrecognized state of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba, met in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for support for the development of the country's ...