China and Russia have blocked a UN Security Council statement expressing concern over the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where Rohingya Muslims have reportedly been subject to attacks, diplomats say.
The Standard & Poors (S&P) agency has raised its outlook on Russian credit to “positive” from “stable,” saying it sees the country returning to economic growth after two years of recession.
A presidential campaign event organized by Russian anti-Kremlin activist Aleksei Navalny was abruptly halted, due to an alleged bomb threat. He blamed "idiotic authorities" for trying to stop him by evacuating the event. (RFE/RL's Russian Service)
U.S. President Donald Trump gave NATO another strong endorsement but told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Germany and other allies must do more to contribute to the alliance’s collective defense.
The European Union on March 17 condemned Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea territory, calling Moscow’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula a “direct challenge to international security.”
The lower house of the Russian parliament has ordered a probe into whether RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Voice of America, and CNN are in compliance with Russian laws.
Why do some countries have more time zones than others, and how are time zones decided?
Belarus is entering uncharted waters. Russia is watching attentively. So what happens next?
In the minds of many, Belarus's 2017 can easily become Ukraine's 2014. And what one specifically fears about that speaks volumes about where one stands. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Rights activists in Russia say a pattern of suspicious deaths in the military is driven by widespread extortion of money from soldiers.
Russian media reports say a journalist who has criticized the government has died in unexplained circumstances in the Siberian region of Buryatia.
Reposting content on social media about controversial reposts can cause problems in Russia, as opposition activist Dmitry Semenov learned in a strange case this week.
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