In theory, this time Russia should remain as the major power in its region. Throughout the year, despite its own economic spasms, Moscow devoted huge amounts of money to their impoverished post-Soviet neighbors, seeking to ensure their loyalty in the long term and restrict the influence of the West in the region.
But the neighbors seem [...]

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has developed an index of economic shock and food entitled ‘Economic Shock and Hunger Index.’ Based on a study of the five countries of Armenia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, and Nicaragua, the responses of households reveal a rather similar pattern: reduction in the number of meals, option for cheaper [...]