Kremlin’s shadow in the Belarusian politics of memory Kiryl Kascian Recent discussion about the so-called “Litvinism” caused a lot of emotions among both Lithuanians and Belarusians. A significant number of texts [...]
Kiryl Kascian: Despite the Kremlin and Minsk propaganda, national minorities remain an important part of Europe's ethnic and linguistic diversity Can the Kremlin and Lukashenka regime try to destabilize Lithuania [...]
Merging Russia’s Autonomous Entities: Ethnic Aspect Dr. Petr Oskolkov (MGIMO University) On 13 May 2020, the heads of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) of Russia signed a memorandum about [...]
Merging Russian regions: assessing the reform before its second wave Igor Okunev (MGIMO University, Moscow) On 13 May 2020, the heads of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) of Russia [...]
What is worth studying in the post-Soviet space? Dr. Alexander Osipov It won’t be correct to say that the former Soviet countries (which are increasingly termed as Northern Eurasia instead) are [...]
Regional and national security discourse in the local Russian media in Lithuania Dr. Viktor Denisenko Security discourse in the Baltic States Security becomes one of the key topics in the Lithuanian public discourse after the 2014 annexation [...]
Alexander Morozov: New Russian emigration wants to get rid of the regime’s pressure Recent developments in Russia show two trends in relation to the Russian-speaking communities in Europe. On the [...]
A “voluntary-compulsory choice”: the law on voluntary study of languages in Russia marks a policy shift The campaign against the compulsory teaching of state languages of republics started a year [...]
Minority language education in Russia: enforcing the voluntary teaching of non-Russian languages On 19 June 2018, the draft law on the voluntary teaching of non-Russian languages passed the first reading [...]
A convention about unpredictable past? One event, that happened at the end of 2017 and for obvious reasons remained almost unnoticed, brilliantly illustrates one global trend and thus is worth [...]
