They have been accused of crimes including treason and espionage, some deported to Siberian penal colonies, their health deteriorating, their families counting the days in anguish. Shabanov, now 38 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe has vowed not to let the world’s largest ...

A Russian-installed court in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region has jailed an official from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission for “espionage”. The ...

The OSCE’s 50th anniversary is being marked with high-profile speeches and debate over its relevance in an era of Russian aggression and institutional paralysis. Originally forged during the Cold War ...

Fifty years on from its inception, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is in trouble. Russia’s war on Ukraine has betrayed the OSCE’s principles, designed to regulate ...

Thank you for the invitation to speak. In recent weeks I have had the privilege of meeting courageous human rights defenders and journalists from across the OSCE region, in Türkiye, UK, Central Asia ...

KYIV AND VIENNA — The signs had been there for weeks, if not months: Russian forces were massing around Ukraine, painting Zs and Vs on their military vehicles; Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric was getting ...

VIENNA — Ukrainian forces have recently pushed Russian troops back across thousands of square miles in northeastern Ukraine, liberating dozens of towns and cities from Russian rule. But for millions ...

On July 31 and August 1, hundreds of officials and politicians will gather in Finland to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. That agreement was something of a high-water mark of ...

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell sharply criticized Russia's approach to Georgia and Moldova in an address to this week's meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in the Dutch city of Maastricht. Russia ...