A bitter dispute playing out at a haunting mass grave site 1,000 kilometers north of Moscow and in the courtrooms of Russia's north is part of a broader, intensifying struggle over interpretations of the country's Soviet past.
How Kazakhstan is trying to rehabilitate Islamic State returnees.
Ukraine’s new president says relocating the administration offices will help dispel a reputation for corruption in government and encourage transparency. Critics worry about the cost and say the move to a busy Kyiv intersection may make traffic jams worse.
Carnegie Europe's Thomas de Waal helps unpack the sources of Georgia's unrest (hint: "grudge match") and Tbilisi's bedeviled relations with Russia (despite popular attitudes).
Vietnam wants Russian help assessing the state of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh's mummified corpse.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin took aim at a frequent target – the 1990s – in his annual call-in show on state TV.
Iran has said that in 10 days it will breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium set by the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. What does Iran's announcement mean for the deal?
In contrast to the seemingly filtered questions posed to Vladimir Putin in his marathon call-in show, a steady stream of critical messages flashed up onscreen as the Russian president sought to assuage ordinary Russians and appear in tune with their concerns.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a presidential visit abroad that Ukraine's women were "beautiful" and served as a good "brand" for the country. Now they are letting him have it under the hashtags #Iamnotyourbrand and #Iamnotyourtourismbrand.
Organizers delayed the start of Tbilisi Pride events after a triple wallop from the Orthodox Church, antigay agitators, and Georgian authorities.
On July 19, international investigators announced plans to try three Russians and one Ukrainian for murder in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which killed 298 people.
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