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LGBT activists allege that a new antigay purge in Chechnya has led to at least two deaths by torture and the detention of around 40 people. The republic's information minister, Dzhambulat Umarov, says the "seeds of sodomy will not sprout" on the "blessed soil of the Caucasus."
Daily life can be a real slog for residents of Chukotka, Russia's easternmost region, a frozen wasteland within sight of Alaska.
Russian authorities have released a blogger who was detained after sharing a video that sparked claims that several law enforcement officials had attended the funeral of a local gang leader.
A Russian blogger has been detained after sharing a video that sparked claims that several law enforcement officials attended the funeral of a local gang leader, an independent monitoring group says.
Just days an explosion destroyed part of an apartment building in Magnitogorsk, Russia, city authorities declared that the adjacent flats were safe to live in. But people living next to the demolished section fear that another disaster could come at any time.
Authorities in Russia’s Khabarovsk region say they are investigating allegations that several police officers carried the coffin of a local gang leader during his funeral and that employees of the prosecutors’ office also attended the funeral.
Private investigators working for former oligarch and Russian opposition activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky have urged the United Nations to push for a credible investigation of the July 2018 killings of three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic.
A new law against spitting, with fines up to a third of the average salary, has some people spitting mad in Kyrgyzstan.
Ivan Boyarintsev gave up city life hosting events to teach others how to run a traditional banya, or sauna, in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He now offers courses from beginner level to master classes and believes the banya can give meaning to his life and the lives of others.
An Azerbaijani blogger was locked up after questioning President Ilham Aliyev's decision to make his wife vice president. Mehman Huseynov could now face years more in prison on charges of assaulting a prison officer.
Business woman and blogger Kamilla Shokanova lives in the Kazakh capital, Astana. She has cerebral palsy, but many mistake her for being drunk. Shokanova says people with disabilities in Kazakhstan are often humiliated and discriminated against, and she wants to change that.
A journalist has set up the first local radio station in the remote village of Suusamyr, in the Chuy region of Kyrgyzstan. The station is run mostly by volunteers, and combines reports on lost cows with music and sports.
"Before New Year, they sent me a video where he is next to Father Frost, reciting a poem." Relatives and friends have been sharing their memories as funerals took place for those killed in an apartment block collapse following an explosion on New Year's Eve in Magnitogorsk, Russia.
It was supposed to be at the heart of a Soviet missile defense system. When it was closed, it became a gold mine for military personnel, their families, and anyone else who lived nearby.
As a final search of the rubble failed to find anyone alive, residents of an apartment building which collapsed in Magnitogorsk spoke of their experiences -- and fears.
Tajikistan's once thriving Jewish population has dwindled to an estimated 50 people. Most left for Israel in the 1990s to escape the country's civil war. But one woman has returned to the city of her birth, Dushanbe, where she is keeping her faith and community alive with music.
We asked people to share their wishes for their countries in 2019. Respondents expressed their hopes for peace, health, happiness, and political change.
A student who shredded the cover of the Russian Constitution in a protest inspired by British street artist Banksy has been sentenced to 12 days in jail for allegedly cursing after a court hearing.
The Latvian National Archives has released the first batch of files from the the former Soviet secret police, the KGB. Some Latvians have welcomed the release, hoping it will shed light on the country's dark past. But others fear some individuals could be falsely labeled as former KGB collaborators.
Model Dinagul Tasova has posted photos of herself covered in bruises after what she says was a brutal attack by her boyfriend. Tasova had appeared on a catwalk in a semitransparent blouse, prompting an indignant response from Kazakh social-media users and infuriating her partner.
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