Country Passports - Europe’s Blind Spots

Reference map highlighting Russia in purple, with Moscow, Kaliningrad, the Far East and a world locator. Crimea is shown as part of Ukraine.

Country Passports

Russia Country Passport

How Russia works beyond the Kremlin: its political system, peoples and languages, imperial legacies, war economy and relationship with the European Union.

Reference map highlighting Georgia in purple, with Tbilisi, Russia, Türkiye, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Black Sea. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are shown within Georgia; territorial control is

Country Passports

Georgia Country Passport

Discover Georgia through its politics, history and European aspirations, with a closer look at minority languages, civic resistance and occupation.

Moldova and its surroundings. Transnistria is shown within Moldova; territorial control is not mapped. Map: Europe’s Blind Spots, using Natural Earth data.

Country Passports

Moldova Country Passport

Discover Moldova through its politics, history and European aspirations, with a closer look at migration, Gagauzia, Transnistria and the Dniester.

Reference map highlighting Belarus in purple, with Minsk and the neighbouring countries Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.

Country Passports

Belarus Country Passport

Belarus beyond Lukashenka: political power, repression, a history shaped by more than Russia, and a society whose stories deserve to be heard.