Since I spent five years in Russia—and I tend to say the best five years—it’s no surprise I miss the country from time to time. But the end of the year is the time I really, really long for the ...

Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life. It wasn’t until 2022, when she and her family lived through the ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When school started this year for Mikalay in Belarus, the 15-year-old discovered that his teachers and administrators no longer called him by that name. Instead, they referred ...

She holds a degree in history from Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg and MA in Social Anthropology from Central European University in Vienna. She holds a degree in linguistics from ...