Russians have been snapping up luxury cars before the plummeting ruble forces producers to dramatically hike prices. But experts say the uptick won't last.
Award-winning Azerbaijani investigative journalist, Khadija Ismayilova, who hosts a daily program for RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, has been held in pretrial detention in Baku since December 5 after being accused of encouraging a man to commit suicide -- charges that have been broadly condemned as a flagrant attempt to silence her critical voice.
As the value of Russia's ruble tumbles amid low oil global prices and Western sanctions, it is taking the currencies of many former Soviet republics down with it.
What is day-to-day life really like in Ukraine's separatist-held territories? RFE/RL invited ordinary people behind rebel lines to share their impressions.
Migrant laborers in Russia will soon be required to pass Russian language, history, and civics tests. And now the Russian Orthodox Church wants to teach them how to behave.
Russia's richest man is in the news for buying a Nobel Prize gold medal for millions of dollars -- and giving it back to the U.S. scientist who won it. Here are some other interesting things to know about billionaire Alisher Usmanov.
Tens of thousands of Kyrgyz are changing their names to sound more Russian in the belief it will make their lives easier.
A U.S. Senate report released December 9 chronicles the CIA's “brutal” interrogations of suspected terrorists with techniques that U.S. officials say constitute torture. Here are the report’s key findings.
Opera star Anna Netrebko is under fire for backing separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Russian government assaults on national media like Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd TV have gotten a lot of coverage. But the imminent closure of one of the country's premier regional television stations is getting less attention.
Critics of Francois Hollande are mocking the French president after he posed in a traditional Kazakh furry costume, causing anger in Paris and dealing another blow to the French president's deteriorating public image.
Tajik state television has begun showing Hollywood films without subtitles or voiceover in a drive to help more people learn English.
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