An environmental and consumer protection group says the German government offered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration financial support of up to 1 billion euros ($1.21 billion) in a bid to prevent Washington from sanctioning the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Collectors looking for a piece of Cold War history will get their chance this weekend when a trove of real-life Soviet spy gadgets goes under the hammer at an auction in California.
Well-known Russian film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, who was convicted in a controversial embezzlement case last year which many considered politically motivated, will leave the Gogol-Center theater in Moscow after city authorities refused to extend his agreement.
The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has said his visit to Moscow last week showed that Russia is heading down a "worrisome, authoritarian route," and warned the Kremlin it could face new sanctions over the jailing of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny.
Two journalists for the Polish-funded Belsat satellite television station have gone on trial in Minsk on February 9. They are charged with "organizing public events aimed at disrupting civil order" -- charges they reject. (RFE/RL's Belarus Service)
A Moscow court has rejected an appeal by Kira Yarmysh, spokeswoman of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, against her detention.
Hungary's last independent radio station has lost an appeal to keep its license after the country’s media regulator said it had violated a compulsory registration law.
The leader of the network of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's teams across Russia has called for new anti-government protests in courtyards and backyards across the country, a change in tactics from mass street rallies that resulted in thousands of arrests.
Two journalists for the Polish-funded Belsat satellite television station have gone on trial in Minsk on a charge of "organizing public events aimed at disrupting civil order."
A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced a law professor to seven years in prison after convicting him of "cooperating with an enemy state."
Eight Kazakhs, mainly women, have picketed outside the Chinese Consulate in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to demand the release of their relatives in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
Iran has kicked off its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine.
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