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Russia's Federal Migration Service estimates that as many as 3 million labor migrants are working or seeking work illegally in Russia. The huge number of migrants has fueled a nationalistic backlash, often directed against migrants from Central Asia, and prompted authorities to step up efforts to catch and deport suspected illegal workers. In the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, dozens of detained migrants from Central Asia are waiting in limbo at a local police station before being sent back to their home countries. (9 PHOTOS)
As these posters illustrate, Moscow put quite a lot of effort into preaching the Soviet gospel to non-Russian citizens in its eastern regions and the Caucasus during the early years of the U.S.S.R.
A coal mine in a remote area of Afghanistan's Samangan Province caved in after a gas explosion on September 14, killing at least 28 miners. The accident has reinforced concerns about the dangerous working conditions in state-run mines across the country. (11 PHOTOS)
"Europe's best side" -- that's what the Institute of World Politics in Ukraine called its latest campaign on Ukraine's European integration. It implies that Ukraine has always been part of Europe but that there is a better side of Europe: the European Union. And the closer Ukraine is to the EU, the more opportunities it will have to develop, the campaign proclaims. The institute came up with a booklet of cartoons that depict two realities -- the Ukrainian and the European reality. The cartoonists aimed to demonstrate why Ukraine is still not the "best side" of Europe. They want Ukrainians to stop blaming others for their country's failures, to change their mindsets, and to learn about the best things the EU has to offer. (By Maryna Turovska, Kostyantyn Kazanchev, Ihor Bezhuk, and Oleksiy Kustovsky)
At least nine oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan have been destroyed in a fire in southwestern Pakistan. The blaze started on September 15 near the town of Hub in Balochistan Province, bordering Afghanistan and Iran. The cause of the fire has not been confirmed, but local media said that that militants had attacked the convoy.
The 55th Venice Biennale is under way, bringing together international artists working in diverse media for one of the art world's biggest events. The title of this year's exhibition is "The Encyclopedic Palace," a reference to a 1955 work by Italian-American artist Marino Auriti, who created a model of an enormous museum that would theoretically house all human knowledge.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond.
For more than a week the Romanian capital, Bucharest, and other large cities have seen mass protests against a proposed gold-mining project in the Transylvanian village of Rosia Montana. The historical and cultural impact aside, what shocks and angers many are plans by the company to use thousands of tons of toxic cyanide in the extraction process.
The first Asian championship in kokpar, or buzkashi, was held in the Kazakh capital. Teams from Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan competed for the headless goat carcass.
Artisans from all over Moldova have been taking part in the National Pottery Fair in the Nisporeni region.
In Afghanistan, the national soccer team received an ecstatic welcome home on September 12 after defeating India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation championship. President Hamid Karzai congratulated the team at Kabul's airport and crowds gathered in the center of the city to cheer the team's arrival. It was a marked contrast from the days of the Taliban, when sports were harshly restricted and stadiums were used for executions. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
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