Former Soviet Republics News Today

It is not just in Ukraine that Vladimir Putin’s dream of restoring Russia’s imperial greatness is collapsing before his eyes. The violence this week in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in the Caucasus provides yet further proof of Moscow’s inability to provide even a modicum of influence over a region that once formed a key part of the Soviet Union.

List of passengers on the plane that crashed on Wednesday included Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Vladimir Putin was joined in Moscow by the leaders of several Central Asian countries as he marked Victory Day in Moscow.

From the blog of Daniel Pesin at The Times of Israel

US forces in Syria are recruiting dozens of Takfiri terrorists to carry out attacks in Russia and several other ex-Soviet states, Moscow says.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has increased reservations among governments in Central Asia, presenting China with an opening to further grow its footprint in the region, according to an Atlantic Council panel discussion this week.

The dictator has turned everyone against himself.

Georgia, Ukraine and now Kazakhstan, all former Soviet Republics, are looking at Moscow to quell unrests within

What everyone is getting wrong about Putin’s security proposal to the U.S.