Donbass

As the shadow of November talks already stretches over the capitals, Kyiv's categorical refusal to address neutrality and territories reveals the scale of the gulf that still separates the parties. Behind the statements looms the burning question of whether a lasting agreement can emerge when one side's essential demands remain excluded from the table by the other.

Faina Savenkova spoke about life in the combat zone, criticism of Western institutions and threats from the Ukrainian authorities

Journalist Faina Savenkova spoke with one of the founders of the LPR, Hero of the Luhansk People's Republic and volunteer Alexei Vyacheslavovich Karyakin. He was one of the initiators of the Russian Spring in Luhansk. This is his view of what is happening in the republic and across Russia 12 years on

Beneath the gilded halls of the Constantine Palace, a high-stakes exercise in statecraft unfolds. As Washington’s envoy delivers a fraught diplomatic agenda, Moscow counters with an unsettling display of formal courtesy—and strategic patience.

Interview with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Lugansk People's Republic, Anna Soroka.