Gathering census information is a challenge in the Western Balkans, where questions about ethnicity and nationality remain sensitive issues following the wars of the 1990s.
He was the Czech Republic's wealthiest man, building an empire of finance and telecommunications, not to mention TV and media holdings across five Central and Eastern European countries and consumer lenders in Russia, China, and beyond. What does the sudden death of Petr Kellner mean for all that?
Beijing has inked a sweeping 25-year investment deal with Iran that could see China's economic, political, and military influence there and across the Middle East expand.
Shymkent city officials tried to climb down from a detailed account of heavy spending to mark the Persian New Year. But residents are furious and anti-corruption investigators say they're on the case.
Belarus's opposition had hoped a big turnout for a March 25 rally would provide a spark to reignite their push to oust authoritarian Alyaksandr Lukashenka. But the massive crowds never materialized, highlighting the challenges Lukashenka's opponents face amid a brutal government crackdown.
With supporters of Aleksei Navalny raising the alarm over the deterioration of his health in custody, the situation has echoes of the 2009 death in custody of Sergei Magnitsky, which prompted the West to impose targeted sanctions against alleged human rights abusers in Russia and other countries.
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 peculiarities of Putin’s propaganda were in the spotlight as a Siberian sojourn in sheepskin is captured on camera, while his alleged COVID-19 vaccination is not. Also unseen: imprisoned Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny, whose lawyers raised the alarm about his treatment, saying he is in severe pain.
Businesspeople in Uzbekistan warn that they'll struggle to fulfill President Shavkat Mirziyoev's demand to create jobs for young people as part of an ambitious plan to tackle widespread unemployment.
RFE/RL spoke with three Russians from the Urals region who emigrated from Russia after despairing that their efforts to reform their country would produce no good.
Shares of penny stock Enerkon Solar jumped as much as 3,400 percent, driven in part by the U.S. company’s statements it was in talks with the Ukrainian government about a solar-power project in the Chernobyl exclusion zone and a nationwide 5G network. Some investors say it just doesn’t add up.
In Turkmenistan's Mary Province, police are detaining beggars and people who look unkempt or are wearing old clothes. Police sources claim some of the detainees are sent as a "free labor force" to work at government-owned farms.
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