Recent violence between Azerbaijan and Armenia across their shared border has led to the death of hundreds in the worst fighting to break out since the end of the 2020 war over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Each side claimed the other is the party who initiated the conflict. According to Azerbaijan, Armenia…

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, was recently in the news for his calls for President Putin to utilize low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine following military setbacks. According to the Russian-backed leader, he stated that “…more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial…

The referendums in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson have ended with the majority of the populations in these regions in Ukraine supposedly indicating their desire to secede from Ukraine in order to be annexed by Russia. Given that President Putin’s efforts in Ukraine have focused on claiming as much territory…

The Constitutional Court of Russia has ruled that the referendums in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson are legal, thereby clearing the way for President Putin to send the treaties to Russian Parliament to be ratified, which will be followed by the creation of new federal constitutional law that will admit…

The Constitutional Court of Russia has announced that it has recognized the results of the referendums in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson. As a result of this recognition, President Putin is now clear to send the treaties to the Russian Parliament for their ratification, as well as the creation of…

The partial mobilization that Russia has implemented in recent weeks has been a source of unrest and upheaval from the start, with protests and large numbers of citizens leaving the country in order to avoid being given military orders. …

After nearly seven months of conflict in Ukraine that has contributed to widespread destruction, displacement of the civilian population, and deaths in the tens of thousands, President Putin of Russia has pushed for the illegitimate authorities in the regions under occupation to move ahead with rigged voting efforts on their…

Given the increase in mobilization in Russia signaling even greater commitment by Putin and his regime to succeed in their aggressive war in Ukraine, concerns about the potential use of nuclear weapons by the Russian aggressions have increased as well. …

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have stated that they will not be accepting Russians into their countries so long as Russia remains at war with Ukraine. Under this travel ban, any Russians wishing to travel to the Baltic states, whether as tourists or for the purposes of…