East Europe

Tina Burrett fears the 28 October elections will be neither free or fair.

Filed in: Ukraine

Strange titles abound as leaders of autonomous Russian republics are told they can no longer be called ‘president.’ Maxim Edwards reports…

Filed in: Russia

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod report on the ongoing nightmare for 81 asylum seekers. 

Filed in: Human Rights Refugees Somalia Ukraine

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa team up to resist Western financial domination, reports Lasanda Kurukulasuriya.

Filed in: Brazil China Finance India Iran Russia South Africa United States World Bank

Campaigners will take to Moscow’s streets later this week to demand that the punk band’s members be released from jail.

Filed in: Music Russia

Join campaigners on Monday 6 February at a picket outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London.

Filed in: Human Rights Somalia Ukraine

Allegations of ballot stuffing in this year’s Duma elections have sparked the biggest protests in Russia in almost two decades. Andrew Bowman investigates.

Filed in: Democracy Russia

Krystian Legierski believes the tide is turning in Poland. He speaks to James Gray about his struggles against a notoriously homophobic and xenophobic administration.

Filed in: Poland

A profile of the President of Chechnya.

Filed in: Chechnya Conflict Russia

Voters face a Hobson’s choice.

Filed in: Belarus Democracy

Investigating the truth can be deadly for Russia’s journalists, as Tina Burrett discovers.

Filed in: Russia