For years, Belarusians have been divided over whether the future of their country should involve closer relations with Russia or the European Union. Belarus is tied to Russia politically, economically and even linguistically. Under Moscow's sphere of...

More than 2.5 million people have left Russia during the past decade, sparking fears of a new brain-drain. A third of Russia's young professionals are thinking of leaving the country, according to the Russian market research company ROMIR. Many of them...