The West’s lack of a clear strategy and sense of what they want to achieve has become evidence of Kyiv’s allies' weakness and indecisiveness.

Beneath headline figures of 20% pay rises and a facade of normality, even well-paid workers in privileged industries are feeling the pinch.

Passing new legislation against domestic violence is a crucial step in tackling Kazakhstan’s patriarchal society head-on.

As more villages suffer blackouts from the bombing, people have to wait in agony for even longer to hear if their loved ones are okay.

The shelling of Belgorod won't end until the war is over. But I am afraid that the city will not live to see that day. I fear it will never be the same...

Putin sees the world as frozen in time, united in its inherent hatred of Russia. Understanding this is key to understanding his actions.

Ten years on, the Battle of the Donbas shows that the West should never have assumed they could work with Russia like business as usual.

History has shown that the wives of slain political prisoners can be inspiring and effective leaders. Navalnaya was always more than just a wife.

The biggest survey since the start of the war shows that Russia’s next generation may not usher in the change onlookers wish for.

Most modern states have moved away from public humiliation and torture as a method of control. But Russia has gone the other way.

Russian authorities see terrorism and extremism where they do not exist, applying sanctions selectively.

The brutal treatment of detainees might play well at home. But if the War on Terror has taught us anything, it could backfire on Russia.

Many more Tajiks suffer at the hands of their country’s anti-terror programs than ever joined Islamic State.

With allies of Putin calling for the return of the death penalty for terrorism, history shows capital punishment takes innocent lives.

Poverty leaves Central Asian migrants no choice but to look for work in Russia, despite the threats to their safety they face from the state and society...

Despite police being everywhere in the Russian capital, people are remarkably naive about how to prevent and respond to actual security threats.

The late pundit pioneered a new ethos of Russian journalism. But Putin’s Russia had no space for exceptional people like him.

The result of the Russian state solidifying around an individual as unremarkable as Putin was always going to be tragic.