On paper, Russia is a multi­ethnic state whose national minorities enjoy consti­tu­tional protection. In reality, however, the rights of non-Russian peoples have been drasti­cally curtailed for years. Since 2024, anyone in Russia who advocates for ethnic and Indigenous groups is faced with the threat of prose­cution under the country’s draconian extremism laws. Yelizaveta Landen­berger analyses the situation.

A four-month stand-off between Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko and the pro-democ­ratic protesters posed a serious challenge for the EU. The block that had announced its ambition to become a geopo­litical actor, has...

Tradi­tional opposition parties and movements has long seized to be a polit­i­cally meaningful force in Belarus. It is time for Western decision-makers to finally admit this unpleasant reality and shift its...