• Belarus: Danger ahead – EU response needed

John Lough analyses the state of play in Belarus and argues that the West should not write the state off as a Russian backwater, but should take steps to engage more.

• Post-Putin Uncertainty Means a Jittery Russian Elite and Brittle Regime

Tatiana Stanovaya of Carnegie Moscow Center suggests that senior figures in the Russian regime are looking to make themselves indispensible as 2024 approaches and Vladimir Putin’s mandate comes to an end.

• Turbulence in Moldova after ‘anti-oligarchic’ government falls

The odd-couple marriage between technocrat reformers and pro-Russian Socialists in Moldova has fallen apart. The question now is whether this heralds a return to power of key players mired in corruption or whether a new reformist ministry can take charge.