Features

• November 05, 2026

  The Week In Russia: A Political Killing, A Seismic Shift, And A 'Vile' Attack

  Twenty years after investigative journalist Anna Politikovskaya was shot dead, the paper she worked for is crushed under pressure from the Russian state. A small cease-fire in Ukraine is followed by a massive attack, while a seismic political shift in the US precedes new trilateral peace talks.

• November 03, 2026

  'Anti-Conflict' Teams Dispatched As Wild Tigers Return To Kazakhstan

  Two tigers are now prowling the Kazakh wilderness, nearly 80 years after the last spotting of the apex predators in the country.

• November 03, 2026

  Russia's Poorer Regions Facing Brunt Of Health-Care Cuts As Military Spending Soars

  Russia plans to reduce funding for key federal health-care programs in its 2027 budget. With medical services already difficult to access in many regions, the proposed cuts are raising fears that patients will face greater obstacles in obtaining treatment and essential medicines.

• November 02, 2026

  Arrests, Resignations, Repainting: Here's What's Happening In Postelection Serbia

  Events have moved fast since Student List won Serbia’s parliamentary elections on October 25. Here are some of the notable happenings that have unfolded in the week since former President Aleksandar Vucic was ousted from office after more than a decade in power.

• November 02, 2026

  After A Crushing Defeat, What Now For Serbia's Vucic?

  Former longstanding Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic has said he’ll “come back” after losing elections in October. But is his future more likely to be in a court dock instead of the court of public opinion?

• November 01, 2026

  Belarus Holding At Least 22 Political Prisoners In Psychiatric Hospitals, Rights Groups Say

  At least 22 people in Belarus recognized as political prisoners by rights defenders face indefinite confinement inside secretive psychiatric hospitals. Cut off from amnesties and pardons, rights defenders warn that these individuals have effectively vanished into a legal "black zone."

• November 01, 2026

  China, Russia Deepen Arctic Cooperation In Challenge To US

  The 31st meeting of the Chinese and Russian heads of government held in St. Petersburg on October 21 was notable for its focus on cooperation in the Arctic, where Beijing and Moscow are increasingly challenging the United States and its allies.

• October 31, 2026

  Baku-Ankara Rift Tests Major US And EU-Backed Projects

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s absence from the Ankara summit has brought Turkey-Azerbaijan tensions into focus, raising questions about their impact on major US- and EU-backed transport and energy projects.

• October 31, 2026

  Food Lines, War Dead: The Way They Live Now In A Frigid Siberian Town

  The scene outside Tura's main food store looked like something from the Soviet era: With the mercury at -15 C, residents lined up for hours to pay high prices for staples short supply. The shortages stemmed from geography and negligence, but Russia’s war on Ukraine has taken its toll on the town.

• October 31, 2026

  As Lavrov Returns To G20, Ukraine, Middle East Highlight Western Divisions

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's return to a major diplomatic gathering in the United States has exposed widening divisions between Washington and its European allies over how to deal with Moscow as Russia continues its war against Ukraine.

• October 29, 2026

  'A Reasonable Price': Inside Iran's Illicit Trade In Babies

  Intermediaries on Iranian Telegram channels are offering newborns for up to $1,100 under the guise of charity, with some promising to falsify birth records and others arranging placements with Iranian families abroad, despite a ban on the sale of babies.

• October 29, 2026

  The US Once Called It 'A Slush Fund For Putin.' Now Washington May Lift Sanctions On It

  Amid the swirl of efforts to end to the Ukraine war and normalize US-Russian ties, one idea under consideration: lifting sanctions on a massive Russian investment fund, whose chief is the Kremlin’s main go-between with White House negotiators. What is the Russian Direct Investment Fund anyway?

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