The world's shipping companies shuddered when Suez Canal traffic was brought to a standstill by a stuck ship. Russia saw a marketing opportunity.
The ruling United Russia party featured the 7-year-old son of murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in a social media promotion. The boy's mother, who was never married to Nemtsov, says the child will continue to participate in United Russia promotions in the future.
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.
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