Russia

The SCO at 25: a quarter-century of summits, zero kilometres of new railway
The anniversary session in St. Petersburg today will celebrate what the organisation has become. The Central Asian members are more interested in what it might finally build

The level of the delegation is the message
Central Asia is in St. Petersburg this week, but not equally. What each countryβs roster says about where the relationship with Russia actually stands

The first country: what happened after the EU made an example of Kyrgyzstan
Brussels activated a tool it had never used. Six weeks later, Bishkek shut down 50 companies. The experiment is being watched across the region.

The train to Brussels runs on Russian rails
Armenia wants to end Moscowβs monopoly on its railways, electricity and gas. The 7 June election will determine whether it can

Putin ends Astana visit with Ukraine warnings and EAEU posturing
The Russian president used the Eurasian Economic Forum platform for some of his sharpest public language on Ukraine in months, delivered from Kazakhstanβs capital