Russia

For Kazakhstan, the secondary sanctions risk is not just hypothetical.

There is revived talk about the International North South Transport Corridor, but can the project overcome divergences between India, Iran, and Russia?

The agreements point to the advancing strategic convergence between the two pariah states.

Beijing and Moscow are more likely to cooperate in liquefied natural gas and Central Asian natural gas, not the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline.

Russia needs the support of its "old friends" more than ever and views the EAEU as a vehicle for that support.

Ukraine is not a G-20 member, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was invited to participate in last year's G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

Moscow’s needs are more immediate, giving Tashkent time and space to negotiate. 

Emerging economies are “struggling just to cope,” the World Bank says. The latest Global Economic Prospects report notes slight improvements but many risks.

Taking advantage of the very real persecution of the LGBTQ community in Russia and across much of the former Soviet Union, a pair of lawyers conspired to commit immigration fraud. 

Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moscow and Pyongyang have bolstered trade, energy, and security cooperation. Will Russia commit to the infrastructure links necessary to cement that trend?

Chinese disinformation efforts have advanced far beyond mere troll farms and online bot armies recycling conspiracy theories on social media.