Tajik and Kyrgyz officials are denying allegations that there have been ethnicity-based expulsions in their countries amid the recent violence on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, despite reports of people being sent home and others abused.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic's ruling coalition came to power nearly six months ago, but it still hasn't gotten past two of the most polarizing issues in society.
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Halfway between opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s grim winter homecoming and September parliamentary elections that will test President Vladimir Putin’s legitimacy, analysts say Russia has entered a new era of repressions that poses risks for the Kremlin -- and will be hard to reverse.
Methbot was one of the most sophisticated Internet fraud operations in history. As the trial of its alleged ringleader opened this week in New York, court filings hinted at broader networks that may also have played a role in Russia’s state-sponsored hacking that roiled the 2016 U.S. election.
Opponents of Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka can face arrest simply for displaying the red-and-white colors of the opposition, even on socks. The longtime authoritarian leader is doubling down on fear to silence his opponents.
Thousands of Kazakhs have received their first shot of the Kazakh-made coronavirus vaccine QazVac, which is still in its final trial stage. QazVac's developers insist it is safe and effective but that they “don’t have time” to publish more research results, causing some to be leery of it.
A trio of 14-year-old boys in Russia face up to 10 years in prison after being charged with "training for terrorist activities" in a case that began with accusations they were trying to blow up a virtual Federal Security Service headquarters they built in the computer game Minecraft.
Ahead of a verdict on controversial criminal vandalism charges. Russian teenager Olga Misik maintains her innocence -- and her unrepentant final speech in court has rippled through social media.
The beekeepers of western Georgia who risk their lives for liquid gold
Despite the best efforts of Soviets to suppress evidence of the terrible famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33, a handful of photographers managed to defy the authorities by capturing the horrors of the Holodomor on film.
Debt problems and transparency concerns pushed Beijing’s projects across Europe into the spotlight this month. A controversial Beijing-financed highway project in Montenegro and a $1.5 billion loan to build a Chinese university in Hungary have rung alarm bells in Brussels.
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