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February 19, 2021
Image And Identity In Play As Ukraine Tries Cultural Diplomacy

With a new website and a campaign of cultural diplomacy, Ukraine is seeking to raise its profile, improve its image, and shed the long shadow of Moscow. Will domestic developments diminish the challenge or raise higher hurdles to Kyiv’s latest effort to attract attention, investment, and support?

February 19, 2021
The Week's Best: 10 RFE/RL Stories You Need To Read (Or Watch)

To make sure you're up-to-date, here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.
February 18, 2021
Five Things To Know About Georgia And The Political Crisis It's Slipping Toward

The resignation of Georgia's prime minister, in response to an arrest order targeting an opposition leader, threw Georgian politics into turmoil. Here's what you need to know.
February 18, 2021
Dying To Go Home: Displaced Azerbaijanis Risk Mines, Munitions To See Homeland

Azerbaijani IDPs, eager to see what's left of the homes they left around Nagorno-Karabakh more than a quarter century ago, are being killed or maimed by land mines in territory that remains closed off to civilians.
February 17, 2021
Russky Or Rossiisky: An Activist -- And His Native Language -- Go On Trial In A Russian Courtroom

In Russia's Komi region, a man arrested for a protest over Aleksei Navalny's jailing got into a yelling match with a judge over his right to speak his native language in court.
February 17, 2021
Blame Game Intensifies Over Iranian Accomplice To Assassination Of Top Nuclear Scientist

Finger pointing since the daylight killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been sparked by the suggestion that an Iranian mole with past connections to the military might have helped stage the November assassination.
February 16, 2021
China's Strategic Vaccine Diplomacy Gains A Foothold In The Balkans

For Beijing, Serbia's success with Chinese vaccines is a path to greater influence in the region and part of a wider geopolitical game.
February 16, 2021
Russian Police Got The Wrong Guy. They Beat Him, Then Apologized, Then Charged Him.

A man in Tomsk says he was beaten up by plainclothes police. Authorities initially acknowledged it was a case of mistaken identity but after his family went public, they changed their minds and charged him with resisting arrest. Now he has a limp, a fractured jaw, and a 500-ruble ($7) fine to pay.
February 16, 2021
Art Of The Steal? The Sculptures Of The Romanian Charged With $4.5 Million Fraud

Several public artworks by Romanian sculptor Ioan Bolborea are under scrutiny after a widely mocked Bucharest statue is alleged to have been cast with "inferior-quality materials." The artist says the case is revenge for a legal dispute.
February 15, 2021
With Flashlight Protests, Russian Opposition Circumvents Ongoing State Crackdown

Thousands shone flashlights in Russia's streets and courtyards on February 14, a show of solidarity with opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and a rebuke to the Kremlin at a time when authorities are brooking no dissent. But can the opposition maintain momentum without mass protests?
February 15, 2021
Justice Or Commemoration? As Maidan Massacre Anniversary Approaches, Both Appear Elusive

The halted construction of a museum and memorial complex intended to honor fallen Maidan protesters highlights the legal and political obstacles preventing Ukrainians from getting closure on a bloody and divisive chapter in their recent history.
February 13, 2021
A New Uzbek Princess? The Growing Stature Of The President's Daughter Raises Eyebrows In Uzbekistan

The eldest daughter of President Shavkat Mirziyoev has become one of the most visible public figures in Uzbekistan. The rising influence of Saida Mirziyoeva has led to inevitable comparisons to the glamorous previous first daughter, Gulnara Karimova, who ended up in prison after falling from grace.

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Friday 19 February 2021

Image And Identity In Play As Ukraine Tries Cultural Diplomacy

The Week's Best: 10 RFE/RL Stories You Need To Read (Or Watch)

Five Things To Know About Georgia And The Political Crisis It's Slipping Toward

Dying To Go Home: Displaced Azerbaijanis Risk Mines, Munitions To See Homeland

Russky Or Rossiisky: An Activist -- And His Native Language -- Go On Trial In A Russian Courtroom

Blame Game Intensifies Over Iranian Accomplice To Assassination Of Top Nuclear Scientist

China's Strategic Vaccine Diplomacy Gains A Foothold In The Balkans

Russian Police Got The Wrong Guy. They Beat Him, Then Apologized, Then Charged Him.

Art Of The Steal? The Sculptures Of The Romanian Charged With $4.5 Million Fraud

With Flashlight Protests, Russian Opposition Circumvents Ongoing State Crackdown

Justice Or Commemoration? As Maidan Massacre Anniversary Approaches, Both Appear Elusive

A New Uzbek Princess? The Growing Stature Of The President's Daughter Raises Eyebrows In Uzbekistan

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