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The 3rd issue for 2025 of the journal “Russia and the New States of Eurasia” has been published. The issue opens with the article on the prospects for settling the Ukrainian crisis. Traditionally, great attention is paid to the countries located in the European part of the post-Soviet space.

The researchers analyze the results of the parliamentary elections in Moldova and their impact on Chisinau’s foreign policy, consider the goals and tasks of the joint strategic exercises of Belarus and Russia “Zapad-2025”. The article on Moldovan and Ukrainian issues in the foreign policy programs of Romanian right-wing populists is of great interest. As before, the authors focus on Central Asia. First of all, the researchers consider the policy of extra-regional players (the USA, Turkey, United Arab Emirates) in Central Asia. In addition, the “memory politics” in Kazakhstan and the participation of extremists from Central Asia in transnational terrorist activities are investigated.

Political scientists will certainly read with interest the article on the institutional cooperation of the Organization of Turkic States with the United Nations. The causes and driving forces of the anti-government protests that broke out in Georgia after the parliamentary elections of 2024 are also considered.

For the first time, the journal “Russia and the New States of Eurasia” provides deep analysis of the problems and prospects of the development of artificial intelligence technologies in the CIS countries. Attention is also paid to environmental problems – in the issue the climate policy in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus is explored.