Russia and China have blocked a push by Western governments at the United Nations to punish the Syrian government over chemical weapons attacks.
A court in Russia-annexed Crimea has set March 20 for the start of a trial against an RFE/RL contributing correspondent who faces separatism-related charges for one of his articles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Bishkek for a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Almazbek Atambaev. After a formal welcoming ceremony, Putin said that if Kyrgyzstan's defense forces become stronger, Russia would close down its Kant air base there. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)
More than 100 people held a vigil in memory of slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov at the site of his murder on February 27, 2015. (RFE/RL's Russian Service)
Authorities and activists are trying to stop what they say is the mass killing of stray dogs in Russia's Daghestan region following a girl's death in what reports said was a dog attack.
NATO has expressed concern over the announced closure by Russia-backed separatists in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region of two crossing points on the boundary line with Georgian-controlled territory.
Reporting to Russian President Vladimir Putin last September on the conduct of the State Duma elections, Ella Pamfilova, chair of Russia's Central Election Commission, singled out Daghestan as one of the federation subjects where irregularities were most blatant and prevalent. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Separatists have imposed a strict curfew on Donetsk, but the Ukrainian city's young people keep on partying on. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
Russia's Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to review the case of a kindergarten teacher who was imprisoned for reposting a child-abuse video in what she said was an innocent effort to raise awareness.
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.
Russian police have searched the Moscow apartment of Zoya Svetova, a rights activist and journalist with ties to Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open Russia organization, colleagues say.
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