Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor in chief of RFE/RL.
They're both in their early 60s and lead large, influential countries on Europe's eastern edge. But the similarities don't end there for Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Sergei Kolesnikov, a former ally of Vladimir Putin now living in self-imposed exile, says the Russian leader will go to any lengths to stay in power and avoid criminal prosecution. In an undisclosed location, Kolesnikov spoke to RFE/RL about Kremlin corruption, the war in Ukraine, and whether Putin will play the nuclear card.
When The Hague tribunal opted this month to provisionally release war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj to seek cancer treatment in Serbia, it was attempting to amend one of the longest, most mismanaged cases ever to come before the court. But sending the fiery Seslj home may be the start of a whole new type of trouble, for the Balkans and the tribunal alike.
Since March, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has maintained a special monitoring mission in Ukraine. In July, it added a second mission along the Russian side of the border. But with Ukrainian anger rising over the OSCE's role, the Vienna-based agency appears to be doing some soul-searching.
Russia's newly launched Sputnik news agency says it aims to "provide an alternative interpretation of the world." And they're not kidding.
RFE/RL's Ukraine Service spoke to Samopomich leader Andriy Sadovyy -- the highly successful mayor of Lviv -- about his plans for building a functioning Ukrainian government, from the ground up.
As activists in Russia commemorated the tens of thousands of people executed during the Great Terror of Soviet leader Josef Stalin, new polls show that 50 percent of Russians believe they may see similar political repressions again in their lifetime -- while a growing number of people believe there is too much "negative talk" about Stalin's rule.
Activist Leyla Yunus has been transferred to Azerbaijan's most notorious detention center after already spending nearly three months behind bars on what supporters say are false charges.
October 16 marks the 70th anniversary of the premiere of one of the Soviet Union's most controversial operas -- "War and Peace," Sergei Prokofiev's musical interpretation of the novel by Lev Tolstoy.
Russian prosecutors are seeking to close down Memorial, the country's oldest and most venerated human rights group. What does Russia stand to lose if Memorial is shuttered?
On September 18, Scottish voters go to the polls to vote in a historic referendum on whether to break their three-century-old ties with the United Kingdom. In Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, which claims its own form of independence, support for Scottish statehood is strong.
The incoming European Commission has indicated that further enlargement will no longer be a priority for the 28-member bloc. What does that mean for EU hopefuls to the east and south?
Issues like electronic surveillance and the Israeli-Gaza conflict have drawn thousands of protesters to the streets of Europe in recent months. But when it comes to Russia and its actions in Ukraine, Europeans have been notably silent. Why?
It's been called everything from an "invasion" and an "incursion" to a "cross-border crisis" and "escalated aggression." We look at the difficulty of describing what, exactly, is taking place in Ukraine -- and what's stopping officials from using the word "war."
It's been nearly a month since Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband, historian Arif Yunus, were jailed on charges of fraud and antistate activity. The couple's only child, Dinara, talks about her parents' loving relationship -- and the pain of their separation.
Germany's Angela Merkel heads to Kyiv on August 23. And even while doubts remain about the Kremlin's willingness to make a deal, there's reason to hope a resolution to the Ukraine conflict may finally be at hand.
Ever wonder how Western popular culture tends to depict Ukrainians? One Kyiv filmmaker has assembled a compilation of dozens of film and TV references to Ukraine -- and the results aren't pretty.
The 2009 disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station left 75 people dead and revealed the growing cracks in Soviet-era engineering. Five years later, victims' relatives say they've yet to receive justice.
Separatists in eastern Ukraine are denying a report -- also issued by separatists -- that rebel commander Igor Girkin, aka Strelkov, had been severely wounded in combat. The latest rumors come as a number of separatist leaders have announced their resignation or retreat from the fray.
Ukrainian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a draft law that would impose sanctions on Russian businesses and block disinformation spread by Kremlin-run media. But Ukrainian free-speech advocates say the bill is dangerous because it also hands the government in Kyiv the power to censor the press at home.
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