Three weeks after Ukrainian troops moved Russia's Kursk region, locals shared their anger over the unexpected turn that brought the war to their homes. On a visit to the town of Sudzha, RFE/RL ...

Sweden's Migration Agency says it will revise asylum applications filed by Belarusian citizens amid criticism that it had made decisions based on erroneous information and ignored an ongoing crackdown ...

The Specialized Inter-District Court in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, on August 29 sentenced the already imprisoned ex-wife of a convicted nephew of the Central Asian nation's former ...

A Baku court ruled that partially paralyzed Azerbaijani activist Famil Xalilov must remain in detention as preliminary hearings into his case began on August 29.

A court in Moscow has extended the detention and released the names of five more men suspected of being involved in the terror attack at the Crocus City entertainment center that claimed 145 lives ...

EU Dipomats are meeting to weigh security issues, including Ukraine's quest for approval to strike military targets within Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says he expects support for ...

A court in Russia on August 28 extended the pretrial detention of saxophonist Andrei Shabanov, who has a very serious medical condition, for another six months over his anti-war stance.

Emil Kastehelmi is an open source intelligence (OSINT) analyst and military history expert working at the Black Bird Group, ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- The world's largest uranium producer is another step closer to building a nuclear power plant. Last ...

Despite regular attacks by Ukraine, the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula is attempting to regain itself as a tourist destination as war rages close by. The territory, which was illegally annexed ...

Five months ago, spring flooding devastated villages in Kazakhstan's Aqtobe region. RFE/RL visited one such village, Karatal, ...

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