Soviet-Japanese trade, for example, has nearly tripled in the past five years, now runs at $400 million annually, a volume 10% greater than Japan’s trade with Britain. Last week, after prolonged ...

Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.

The times of empty shelves and shortages are returning. Lukashenka has appointed a new Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade. And immediately set him unsolvable tasks. For example, “to study ...