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Russia's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of gulag historian Yury Dmitriyev, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing his foster daughter. The decision was announced on the court's website.
Kyrgyzstan is forcing homes and businesses to go back to using coal as a severe drought has reduced output at the country's lone hydroelectric plant, which usually produces 40 percent of the country's electricity. Other energy-saving measures include switching off street lights and neon advertising.
Russia's Justice Ministry has added more reporters, including five RFE/RL journalists, to the register of "foreign media agents."
Dmitry Muratov, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, is chief editor of Novaya gazeta, a Russian newspaper that has repeatedly exposed corruption at the highest levels of government in the decades since its launch.
A new opinion poll indicates that Russians' trust in President Vladimir Putin has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a decade.
Belarusian authorities say scores of people have been arrested for "insulting a government official" and other charges in connection with a police shoot-out at a Minsk apartment that killed an intelligence officer and an IT worker.
Afghan artist Omar Khamosh fled to Vahdat, Tajikistan, in early 2021 after he escaped from Taliban militants who threatened him and killed his father. In his new home, he opened a studio and started offering art classes to young students.
More than 30 criminal cases have been opened in Ukraine involving fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates. Police recently detained one family doctor accused of selling counterfeit vaccine documents for about $200 each.
Dramatic video released by the Belarusian authorities appears to show a gunfight during a KGB raid in which two people were reportedly killed. Opposition figures condemned the use of violence by the KGB and raised doubts about the authenticity of the video.
Russia has recorded a new high for daily deaths from COVID-19 as another wave sweeps across the country and vaccination rates stall. The latest daily death toll, published on September 28, showed 852 new fatalities -- the fourth record high in a month.
Moscow police have blocked the entrance into the building hosting the Communist Party's legal service, where workers were preparing to file a lawsuit against the results of remote electronic voting in general elections held earlier this month.
A migrant rights defender who has been held at an immigration detention center at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport since September 25 says she might be jailed and even killed while in custody if she is deported back to her native Uzbekistan.
More than 1,000 Russian demonstrators, angered by the official tally from online voting during last week's parliamentary elections, defied warnings from authorities on September 25 to protest in central Moscow.
Russian security forces have detained migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Current Time reported on September 25.
Kazakhstan will switch from its current Russian dialing code, +7, to its own national international dialing code, +997, the government said.
Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has accused the Kremlin of using "intimidation and repression" to steal parliamentary elections that saw the ruling United Russia party retain its constitutional majority amid widespread reports of voting irregularities and ballot tampering.
As the ruling United Russia party celebrates victory in parliamentary elections, evidence of a whole range of scams and schemes have been caught on video that could have been used to rig the results. The latest: disappearing ink in pens given to voters for filling in ballots in Khimki, near Moscow.
A gunman who opened fire and killed several people at a university in the Urals city of Perm is in intensive care after being wounded during his apprehension by law enforcement.
Russia's parliamentary election have ended with victory for the ruling United Russia party amid widespread allegations of irregularities. Videos on social media showed what appeared to be ballot stuffing.
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