Amos Chapple is a New Zealand-born writer and visual journalist with a particular interest in the former U.S.S.R.
The rare illustrations made by an explorer who sketched portraits of today's Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan nearly 200 years ago.
Six Ukrainians reflect on the country's 30th anniversary of independence.
Since Ukraine opened its Soviet-era KGB archives in 2015, the public has been able to dig into the files and uncover many dark secrets of the past. But for some, the harsh revelations have been too much to handle as they learn that their relatives were secret police informants or agents.
Blood-curdling images show pillars of swarming mosquitos above Russia's Kamchatka region as they hunt for a mate.
Photos by Lithuanian authorities capture the ongoing crisis on the country's border after Belarus ended cooperation with the European Union to stem illegal migration.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes a proposed expansion of Ukraine’s famous blue-and-yellow national emblem -- the trident -- can be passed by parliament in time for the country’s 30th anniversary of independence.
New photos show Afghans forming militias as the United States withdraws its forces and the Taliban’s grip on the country tightens.
Armenian brandy producers say they're unsure exactly how to market their award-winning spirits that are known to most consumers as “cognac” as an EU agreement banning use of that word comes into force.
Spectacular historical photos of the fiery, fortune-making oil fields of the Caucasus that once supplied half of the world’s "black gold."
Seven months after the 2020 war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the International Committee of the Red Cross has released images showing Armenian families expressing joy and sorrow as they watch video messages from captive soldiers months after the end of the conflict.
Photos at the National Archives of Estonia reveal daily life during the communist occupation of the Baltic state.
Azerbaijani vlogger Mahammad Mirzali speaks from self-exile in France, where escalating threats have him “counting the hours” after already surviving two apparent murder attempts.
A historical look at the "nuclear suitcases" that accompany the Russian and U.S. leaders wherever they go, including this week when Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are in Geneva for a summit.
Interest in Georgia’s Soviet-era architecture is surging, even as some of the most spectacular landmarks in the capital, Tbilisi, are literally disappearing overnight.
A Murmansk fisherman has snagged a vast social-media following by photographing fearsome creatures of the deep.
One of history’s most remarkable acts of impersonation took place 100 years ago when a notorious fraudster walked a family of Afghan “nobles” into the White House.
Ten years after construction began on a striking new parliament building in Kutaisi, the former Georgian seat of power stands all but abandoned.
The beekeepers of western Georgia who risk their lives for liquid gold
Hoteliers on Georgia’s Black Sea Coast hope huge discounts can revive Batumi's decimated tourism industry.
Satellite imagery has some fearing that an ancient monument faces “erasure” after its recapture by Azerbaijan
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