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Odds, Ends, And Autocrats
The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. More
How Russia Is Ruled
A whistle-blower in Samara explains how the authorities fixed the Duma elections in December -- and plan to do the same in the presidential vote in March. More
Regional Smoke Detector
The Armenian parliamentary elections due in May will not simply be a struggle between rival political parties with diverging priorities and platforms. More
Digital Dissidents, Rogues
Last year, I wrote about Russia's "human bots," aka its 30-ruble army -- online commentators who were paid to trawl the web and comment on articles critical of the Kremlin. More
Blogging Afghanistan
The U.S. Congressional hearing last week on Balochistan, the largest of Pakistan's four provinces, though it was firmly rejected by Islamabad, is being seen in Pakistan as any eye-opener for the state and its security agencies. More
Notes Of An Iran Watcher
Iranians are reporting that their access to Facebook and Internet-based e-mail sites like Gmail has been blocked, without any explanation from the government. Not even the strongest antifiltering programs have penetrated the firewall, they say. Some speculate the move is related to Iran's plan to launch a national internet, which might sever Iranians' ability to access the World Wide Web. More
Abuses Uncovered
Kazakh politicians and rights activists have announced the creation of an international committee to defend the victims of the shootings in the southwestern town of Zhanaozen and activists arrested in connection with the violence. More