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Perspectives | Why Uzbekistan does not fear a ‘Kazakh Winter’
Uzbek insiders think they can avoid Kazakh-style unrest, but they’re not taking any chances.
Turkey-Armenia talks seen as key to opening up regional transit links
Yerevan will not countenance the adoption by Ankara of any of Baku’s hardline demands as a necessity for any opening of the border.
Belarus in Focus releases its annual review of the political situation in 2021 and its forecasts for 2022
Main takeaways on Belarus role in European security, Belarus-Russian Relations, the regime’s stability, and civil society developments for 2022.
Gorbachev and the verbal promises of no Nato eastern expansion
The origins of the current Russian demands to halt Nato’s expansion eastwards go back to just before the fall of the Soviet Union, when many Western leaders promised Communist Party General Secretary Gorbachev Nato would not move eastwards.
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INTERVIEW: Kazakhstan in crisis
With Kazakhstan experiencing its worst unrest in three decades of independence, Abakhon Sultonnazarov, Central Asia director of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), assesses latest developments and wider implications of the crisis.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Croatia
Solid recovery from coronacrisis and deadly 2020 earthquakes puts Croatia in a strong position as it pursues Eurozone membership.
Migrants meet smugglers in Serbia: Is the Balkan route really closed?
The Balkan route used during the 2015 European migrant crisis might officially be closed, but the migrant movement never ceased.
PPF still has the deal-making mojo after death of founder Petr Kellner
New CEO Ladislav Bartonicek is reported to be selling Home Credit Russia as part of the investment group's shift to more mature markets.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Montenegro
Tourism rebound supports gradual recovery from emerging Europe's worst corona-recession.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Kosovo
Power crisis weighs on economic recovery from coronacrisis.
Is viral video of 'Kazakh terrorist group' KLF Russian disinformation?
A mysterious video was uploaded to Telegram on January 7 showing four supposed terrorists with a Kalashnikov and a Kazakh flag who claimed to be members of the "Kazakh Liberation Front" or "KLF".
Nazarbayev ousted from power, search for Kazakhstan’s vanished ‘Leader of the Nation’ centres on Switzerland, Russia and China
Former president widely thought to have fled abroad in panic as nation’s unrest mounted.
Inside Kazakstan’s cradle of unrest
Kazakhstan’s December 2011 Zhanaozen massacre was followed by protests but unlike this week’s mass unrest – which also started in the remote western oil town – they petered out. What has changed?
Amid Kazakhstan upheaval 'Leader of Nation' Nursultan Nazarbayev reportedly leaves country 'for medical reasons'
Whatever reshaped establishment emerges out of the country’s carnage may lick its lips at the prospect of taking over the fabulously wealthy Nazarbayev’s assets.
Smoke rises from Almaty government HQ and presidential residence as Kazakhstan protests intensify
Resignation of Cabinet announced as concession but Kazakhs know real power is held by presidential regime.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Turkey
Nation has entered another phase in its ongoing collapse in all fields.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Moldova
Moldova's economy is back to growth, with strong support from its western partners.
New COVID-19 wave looms in under-vaccinated Southeast Europe
Soon after Southeast Europe emerged from the autumn wave of the pandemic, cases are already rising again as the Omicron variant spreads in the region.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Russia
Russia's economy bounced back strongly in 2021 from the double whammy of an oil price shock and the pandemic, but growth will slow in 2022 as the low base effects wear off.
OUTLOOK: 2022 Ukraine
Ukraine’s economy bounced back strongly in 2021 following a deep recession in 2020 caused by the coronavirus, but low investment, the slow progress with reform and the high geopolitical tensions with Russia have stymied growth.
