Hundreds In Georgia Protest Court Ruling On Popular TV Station
Hundreds of people rallied in the Georgian capital for a second day to protest a court ruling handing a popular independent ...
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Azerbaijani Anticorruption Blogger Sentenced To Two Years In Prison
An Azerbaijani blogger known for reports seeking to document corruption has been convicted of libel and sentenced to two years in ...
Uzbek Court Upholds Five-Year Extension Of Rights Activist’s Prison Term
An Uzbek court has upheld an additional five-year prison sentence for Agzam Farmonov, a long-jailed human rights activist whose ...
Russia Says Syrian Forces Recapture Palmyra From Islamic State
Moscow says Syria’s armed forced have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Islamic State (IS) militants. ...
NATO Officials Begin Georgia Visit
Georgia’s military held medical evacuation drills as NATO officials began a two-day visit to discuss closer cooperation. ...
Fierce Battle Rages In Southwest Mosul
Fighting continued in Mosul, as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and their allies try to retake the city from Islamic State militants. On ...
Russia’s Navalny Claims Medvedev Tied To ‘Secret’ Property Empire In New Investigation
In a fresh investigation, Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny accuses Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of rampant corruption ...
Afghan Forces Battle Taliban In Baghlan Province
Afghan security forces launched an operation on March 2 to drive Taliban fighters out of the Nekpai Valley in Baghlan Province. ...
U.S. General Says Russia Inadvertently Bombed U.S.-Backed Syrian Fighters
The U.S. commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Syria says a Russian air strike in northern Syria accidently struck ...
Tillerson Reiterates Support For NATO After Trump Says Allies ‘Beginning To’ Pay Defense Costs
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has reiterated Washington’s support for the NATO alliance a day after President Donald ...
Belarus And Russia: This Time It’s Different
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has been a master gamer in his relations with Russia. But the game is getting more ...
Ukrainian PM Says Blockade Forces Firms To Buy From Russia
Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman said that the nationalist blockade of coal supplies from separatist territory in the east is ...
Macedonia’s President Refuses To Give Opposition Leader Mandate For New Government
Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov says he has decided he will not give a mandate to Social Democratic Union (SDSM) ...
U.S. Man Jailed For Illegally Selling High-Tech Goods To Russian Military
A former employee of a Houston electronics exporting company was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a ...
British, Russian Military Chiefs Confer On Avoiding Potential Incidents
Senior Russian and British military officials held rare talks in Moscow on February 28 aimed at avoiding clashes and lowering ...
Ukraine Moves A Step Closer To Visa-Free Travel In European Union
Negotiators for the European Parliament and European Union member states have reached a deal to allow Ukrainian citizens to enter ...
Violence Mars Second Night Of Macedonian Protests Over Albanian Demands
Thousands of Macedonians have staged protests for a second day against calls by ethnic Albanian parties to make Albanian the ...
Ukrainian Minister Asks For Police To Break Up Activist Blockade Of East
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says he has requested permission for the police to break up an activist blockade of the ...
Russian Supreme Court Orders Review Of Conviction For Repost
Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to review the case of a kindergarten teacher who was imprisoned for ...
The Daily Vertical: Passports, Banknotes, And Blackmail
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. (The views expressed in this ...
Russian Journalist’s Home Searched
Russian police have searched the Moscow apartment of Zoya Svetova, a rights activist and journalist with ties to Kremlin foe ...
Unpacking Iranian Director Farhadi’s Oscar-Night Balancing Act
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi won raves ahead of winning his second Oscar, for the taut “neorealist” suspense film ...