Photo of the week: follow Caspar David Friedrich’s footsteps to the Czech border
The Green Diameter: kicking back in a Soviet-era arcadia in the centre of Minsk
Road to Altai: a 953km trip through southern Russia becomes a journey into the Soviet past
Off track: a guide to getting lost and finding yourself in Georgia without really trying
Pedal pushers: meet the art collective trailblazing across rural Ukraine by bike
Salt of the earth: how a remote lake in southern Russia became a people’s paradise
Destination unknown: two decades after independence, Armenia is still caught between past and future
High plains drifter: getting back to nature in Kyrgyzstan, a land where time flows slow
Dawn chorus: Lithuania in the light of a new day
Fabled land: tracing a Greek legend to the Russian North
Portfolio: Uncovering the unique vision of Budapest’s best photographers
Baltic road trip: one photographer’s journey around rural Latvia in a Lada
Searching for suburbia: a photographer travels to Moscow’s edgelands
Dark arts: on the monochrome visions of Tereza Zelenkova and Joanna Piotrowska
Shelf life: 29 beautiful photo books from the new east
Closed for business: images from the graveyard of Romanian industry