When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it ushered in a new era of liberal democracy in Europe, but brought some drawbacks as well, including inequality, argues the British historian Timothy Garton Ash in an interview with RFE/RL's Belarusian Service.
Some Iranians are hailing the support by Snapp, an Uber-like company, for a driver's apparent refusal to transport a woman over her head scarf, while others are calling for a boycott.
Attacks on two commercial oil tankers in the Gulf Of Oman have escalated tensions in the region -- has it raised the prospect of a military confrontation between Iran and the United States?
There was euphoria in Moscow as journalist Ivan Golunov walked free after a historic climbdown by the Russian law enforcement authorities, who dropped a drug charge widely seen as fabricated. But it was back to business as usual the next day, with police detaining hundreds of peaceful demonstrators
A Kazakh bicyclist innocently pedals his way into an election protest, and then detention.
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A bit of vandalism at the administrative border between two southern Russian republics prompts Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov to threaten violence over perceived insults.
Belarusian Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich says the creators of the hugely successful HBO miniseries Chernobyl have used doses of fear, reasoning, and beauty to create the best film ever about the nuclear disaster.
Although the drug charges against journalist Ivan Golunov have been dropped, critics allege that the practice of planting drugs on activists and journalists and imposing stiff prison terms is endemic in the Russia of authoritarian President Vladimir Putin.
The hit TV show is bolstering demand for related Soviet memorabilia
Chisinau-based political analyst Vladislav Kulminski explains why the path to resolving the current political standoff may lead through Venice.
Russian authorities appear to have bowed to public pressure to free an investigative reporter as they grapple with growing discontent over rampant corruption and falling living standards.
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