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March 06, 2021
'We Are Coming For You': Russian Feminists Face Intimidation Campaign Online

For several years, a growing online community called "Male State" has been targeting Russian women, feminists, LGBTs, and migrants in a bid to promote a racist and misogynist far-right ideology.

March 06, 2021
His Great-Grandfather Was Executed By Stalin's Secret Police. Now He's Being Sued.

A Siberian man has spent years gathering information on those he says played a role in the politically motivated murder of his great-grandfather during Stalin's Great Terror. Now the son of one of the men he named is suing for defamation.
March 05, 2021
Is China Cooling On Belarus's Lukashenka?

With the country's human rights crisis deepening, Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka isn't the partner he once was for Beijing.
March 05, 2021
Food For Thought: Rising Prices Vex Kremlin Election-Year Politics

These days, it may not be endemic corruption or Aleksei Navalny's protests or even the continuing COVID-19 pandemic that's worrying the Kremlin most. It may be marked rise in food prices. It's the marked rise in food prices.
March 05, 2021
The Week's Best: Seven Great Stories From The Past Seven Days

Hey, you're busy! We know rferl.org isn't the only website you read. And that it's just possible you may have missed some of our most compelling journalism this week. To make sure you're up-to-date, here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team over the past seven days.
March 04, 2021
Kyrgyz Mother Takes On The Patriarchy By Giving Her Children Her Own Name

A Kyrgyz single mother is being sued by the Civil Registry Office for giving her three children matronymics that derive from her first name -- instead of the traditional patronymics -- and her surname.
March 04, 2021
Sputnik V: The Story Of Russia's Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine

Despite serious concerns by experts that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine was rushed out without the necessary trials, more than 40 countries have so far decided to put their faith in it and, to varying degrees, have approved it for use. Here's what you need to know about it.
March 04, 2021
Ratings, Russia, Reforms: What Is Driving The Ukrainian President's Moves Against Medvedchuk?

In recent weeks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s government has slapped sanctions on Russia-friendly opposition politicians and their media assets and arrested bankers accused of involvement in a massive money-laundering operation.
March 04, 2021
Romanian Orthodox Church Rejects Calls For Baptism Changes After Baby's Tragic Death

The death of a 6-week-old infant after he was submerged during a baptism ceremony has sparked public outrage in Romania and has led to calls for the ritual to be changed.
March 03, 2021
Crimean Opera House Pulls Back Curtains On Russian Sanctions Loophole

An Austrian-designed, Russian-commissioned cultural complex under construction in Sevastopol promises to rise as the boldest symbol yet of Kremlin defiance in the face of Western sanctions introduced following the seizure of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
March 03, 2021
Kremlin Huffs, Navalny Allies Fret: How Biden's New Russia Sanctions Are Going Down In Moscow

The White House says new U.S. and EU sanctions against Moscow “send a powerful message.” So how exactly is that message being received inside Russia?
March 03, 2021
China In Eurasia: Beijing's Path In Europe Gets Bumpy

Welcome to the first China In Eurasia briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China’s resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.

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Sunday 7 March 2021

'We Are Coming For You': Russian Feminists Face Intimidation Campaign Online

His Great-Grandfather Was Executed By Stalin's Secret Police. Now He's Being Sued.

Is China Cooling On Belarus's Lukashenka?

Food For Thought: Rising Prices Vex Kremlin Election-Year Politics

The Week's Best: Seven Great Stories From The Past Seven Days

Kyrgyz Mother Takes On The Patriarchy By Giving Her Children Her Own Name

Sputnik V: The Story Of Russia's Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine

Ratings, Russia, Reforms: What Is Driving The Ukrainian President's Moves Against Medvedchuk?

Romanian Orthodox Church Rejects Calls For Baptism Changes After Baby's Tragic Death

Crimean Opera House Pulls Back Curtains On Russian Sanctions Loophole

Kremlin Huffs, Navalny Allies Fret: How Biden's New Russia Sanctions Are Going Down In Moscow

China In Eurasia: Beijing's Path In Europe Gets Bumpy

Editor's Picks

His Great-Grandfather Was Executed By Stalin's Secret Police. Now He's Being Sued.

Is China Cooling On Belarus's Lukashenka?

Food For Thought: Rising Prices Vex Kremlin Election-Year Politics

The Week's Best: Seven Great Stories From The Past Seven Days

Kyrgyz Mother Takes On The Patriarchy By Giving Her Children Her Own Name

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Sputnik V: The Story Of Russia's Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine

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Romanian Orthodox Church Rejects Calls For Baptism Changes After Baby's Tragic Death

His Great-Grandfather Was Executed By Stalin's Secret Police. Now He's Being Sued.

Ratings, Russia, Reforms: What Is Driving The Ukrainian President's Moves Against Medvedchuk?

'Infodemic,' Politicization Dampen Early Success Of Serbia's Vaccine Rollout

Is China Cooling On Belarus's Lukashenka?

Uzbek Governor Moves To Destitute Village But Will Bring His Own Toilet

Crimean Opera House Pulls Back Curtains On Russian Sanctions Loophole

NATO: EU Cannot Protect Europe Alone Amid Threats From Terrorism, Russia

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Inside Tehran's Sex Trade, A Business Hiding In Plain Sight

Mad Maps: The 'Ghost Borders' Of Georgia

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Before The Killings: Rare Photographs Of Russia's Last Royal Family

Gorbachev At 90: Looking Back At A Career That Changed History

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For Georgian Woman, A Tattoo Is A Bold Statement Of Self-Acceptance

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