Russia's answer to Eurovision is as much about politics and power as it is about performance.

Russia has a labor crisis. But rather than welcoming migrant workers, Russian officials are fomenting xenophobic sentiment.

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population.

News or entertainment? For Make Good, a musical tackling the UK's greatest miscarriage of justice, it's both.

Soviet eco-activism exposed state rot – but it also provided the networks, platforms and experience for ordinary people to become anti-authoritarian campaigners.

AI-generated cyberattacks are on the rise- but companies can still fight back.

After centuries in which nomadic life was the norm and collecting art was not, Kazakhstan's curators and art world insiders are working to grow the nation's art scene.

With new elections on the horizon, more LGBTQ+ Russians than ever before are being pushed to leave the country

President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will run against several token challengers on January 26

The attack raises difficult questions for the Russian authorities about continued security lapses.

In 2019 elections, Britons living in “red wall” constituencies helped lift the Conservatives to victory. Now, they may decide the election again.

Faced with the specter of financial ruin, the Kremlin is using all of its strength to keep the country’s economy moving forward.

Many people still fear artificial intelligence – but a new generation of assistive tech is already transforming lives for the better

As cyber-attacks become ever more creative, AI-powered security tools are emerging to create a new paradigm of digital defence

For Alexei Navalny's mother, the journey to recover her son’s body has been an odyssey with no clear destination.

With the age of AI well underway, companies are beginning to move beyond experimentation to harness specialised applications and access AI as a service

Russia's tech behemoths are no longer the country's great liberalizing hope — but an integral part of the Putin regime.

After 13 years of Orbán’s rule, Hungary is a divided nation.

Experts say a crackdown on abortion drugs and services is part of a project to instil ‘certain values’ in society.

Yandex has been increasingly forced to balance its vision of an innovative, international-facing future with the demands of Russia’s ever more repressive government.

Can Central Asia reap the rewards of Russia’s IT exodus?

Environmental instability and other crises are affecting small businesses across the globe. Digital and financial inclusion can help mitigate the risks they face – and provide new solutions.

Being paid wages in cash involves inherent risks and challenges. Digitising the process promotes greater financial resilience in the face of crisis while fuelling growth in low-income countries.

For years, Armenia’s relationship with its far-flung diaspora has focused on traditional culture. One new programme wants that to change.

Can branding help save the economies of provincial Russia?

One project is transforming Soviet housing stock in Estonia into the next generation of smart homes, with plans to expand across the rest of Eastern Europe.

Russia is officially the world's most sanctioned country, but the Kremlin doesn't seem to care.

Almost three decades on from the fighting that saw Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia become unrecognised states, how has geopolitical limbo shaped the lives of the region's creative ecosystem?

Encrypted email is one of the best ways to keep business communications secure — and it may just be easier to use than you think.

Disruptive food tech startup NotCo needed a user-friendly encrypted collaboration solution that didn’t compromise on security.

Sustainability is increasingly important to customers – so why are some companies still not shouting about it?

Diversification can make sense for behemoth and boutique brands alike – provided they don’t lose sight of their core values.

Strong brand relationships play a major role in the surging value of companies, says new research.

French websites end .fr, German websites end .de, but .ks — the proposed country code for Kosovo — simply doesn't exist.

Can Poland’s ‘AirBnb for computers’ change the internet as we know it?

Belarus has worked hard to rebuild its image as an Eastern European tech success story. But as President Alexander Lukashenko cracks down on pro-democracy protests, many startup leaders believe he is also destroying Belarus' potential.

The Russian government used to be known as a social media innovator. So why is its latest foray into TikTok so amazingly bad?

When Russian troops began to cross the Ukrainian border on February 24, President Vladimir Putin launched two simultaneous wars. The first was a devastating military strike against Ukraine. The second was a crackdown against his own people.

Half of Kazakhstan is under 29, which means young people are the future more than ever. But can they make their voices heard in a country where old-world values still rule?

Ethnic minority activists see similarities between the invasion of Ukraine and Russian suppression of their own cultures.

How do you report from a secretive nation where information is scarce and the absurd often proves to be true?

In Russia’s far eastern republic of Yakutia, something remarkable is brewing: a cottage film industry dedicated to bringing the lives and legends of indigenous people to the big screen.

Delivering newspapers in Belarus is dangerous work. But Telegram is creating a new wave of printed, underground samizdat.

More than five years after protestors took the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution is still targeted by conspiracy theorists and propagandists.