The assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist has prompted criticism of the security apparatus, which is being blamed for failing to prevent the killing. The attack has resulted in calls for authorities to find the foreign agents that seem to have infiltrated the security system.
Police officers, judges, and investigators who deserted the law enforcement services beholden to Alyaksandr Lukashenka are now turning their attention to holding their former colleagues responsible for crimes against peaceful protesters in Belarus.
It was a year most of us would like to forget, but 2020 did have some powerful good-news stories that got buried under the grim headlines.
As the war against separatists in eastern Ukraine simmers on, efforts to address its psychological effects are under way, with critics saying the state’s response has been slow. At a mental-health hotline in Kyiv, operators handle harrowing calls from veterans struggling with life after combat.
Twenty-five years ago, two Americans’ attempt to win a prestigious balloon race ended in tragedy over Belarus.
High demand for real estate in a sought-after Dushanbe suburb has led to corruption in the distribution of land parcels by the local government. An RFE/RL Tajik Service investigation shows the governor appointed to end the culture of corruption has instead expanded it.
The Arctic is melting at a record pace, exposing a host of threats to the indigenous peoples of Russia's Far North: thinning reindeer herds and fish stocks, environmental disasters, and the arrival of the coronavirus on the heels of a construction boom.
Konstantin Malofeyev, a socially conservative Russian businessman known as the “Orthodox Oligarch,” has launched an organization aimed at making sure the 2021 State Duma elections bring to power people who share his nationalist, monarchist, and antigay views.
When Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, several of his former campaign and transition officials moved to leverage their connections by setting up lobbying firms, some signing on clients from the former Soviet Union.
Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.
The streets of Tomsk are filled with wooden houses dating back over a century. But a protracted standoff over plans to protect them from destruction is pitting conservationists against city officials even as more and more of the houses are razed.
A 53-year-old man was stabbed to death in St. Petersburg after asking a couple on a bus to wear masks to hinder the spread of the coronavirus. The case was just the most dramatic example of rising public rage in Russia.
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