https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:36:58 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL For the past 10 days, Moscow has been experiencing widespread mobile internet outages, causing significant disruptions to daily life. Residents are facing challenges with essential services, including online payments, taxi apps, and navigation tools. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-mobile-internet-problem/33708173.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-mobile-internet-problem/33708173.html Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:55:48 +0100 NewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian man repeatedly convicted of violent crimes is accused of strangling a woman to death after returning from the war in Ukraine and stalking his wife as she sought shelter. The killing is a grim example of a deadly problem the invasion has spawned in the country that attacked its neighbor. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-veterans-violent-crime-impunity-ukraine/33666867.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-veterans-violent-crime-impunity-ukraine/33666867.html Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:21:20 +0100 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics, targeting prisoners, conscripts, and ethnic minorities from remote regions and Central Asian migrant communities to bolster its depleted forces. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-ukraine-inmates-concsripts-ethnic-minorities-coersion-rights-romanova/33492747.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-ukraine-inmates-concsripts-ethnic-minorities-coersion-rights-romanova/33492747.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:13 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Grigory Skvortsov sent an American journalist diagrams of a Soviet-era bunker included in a widely available book. Skvortsov was recently sentenced to 16 years prison for "treason," highlighting the increasingly arbitrary enforcement of laws in Putin's Russia. https://www.rferl.org/a/prison-term-photographer-sharing-published-book-materials/33479200.html https://www.rferl.org/a/prison-term-photographer-sharing-published-book-materials/33479200.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:02:41 +0200 RussiaFeaturesThe Rundown Stories The families of the Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine are not allowed to open the sealed coffins they receive from the frontline. The relatives say they don’t know if the remains they buried really belonged to their loved ones. https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-soldiers-families-open-coffins/33449042.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-soldiers-families-open-coffins/33449042.html Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:17:44 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineRussiaUkraine For more than three years, most of Russia has viewed the war sparked by the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine from afar. Now, some say, an audacious attack by Kyiv deep inside Russia means it has arrived on their doorstep. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-siberia-fears-war/33431082.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-siberia-fears-war/33431082.html Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:01:10 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine Putin has promised repeatedly that young Russian conscripts would not be deployed in combat with Ukrainian forces. But dozens of conscripts have gone missing or captured after Ukraine’s cross-border invasion last summer. And others have reported ending up in outright combat. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-conscripts-war-combat/33415104.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-conscripts-war-combat/33415104.html Tue, 20 May 2025 00:14:56 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories