Moscow has fought bitterly to avoid giving up control over the lands it conquered over the centuries — and made many enemies in the process. Now, as Russia is leading yet another war of conquest, in Ukraine, many of those enemies have joined Ukrainians on the battlefield to fight their common foe, Russia. Many came from the region where Russia had fought its most recent wars before Ukraine — the Caucasus.
Ramzan Kadyrov may already have an "exit strategy" prepared for the aftermath of his "special relationship" with Vladimir Putin, Newsweek has been told.
The trial in absentia of Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikanouskaya and several of her allies will open in the Minsk City Court on January 17, the country’s Supreme Court announced on January 3.