One Year Later, Family Of U.S. Reporter Imprisoned In Russia Still Seeks 'Certainty'
rferl.org/a/russia-imprisoned-us-journalist-gershkovich-anniversary/32882778.html
Three More Power Plants Hit As Russia Targets Ukraine's Energy Sector: Russia missiles and drones hit three thermal power plants of Ukraine's largest private ...
rferl.org/a/russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plants/32882405.html
What A Missed Terror Warning Says About U.S.-Russian Ties And Putin's Thinking: After the Soviet collapse, Moscow and Washington took steps to exchange ...
rferl.org/a/russian-mosow-crocus-attack-us-terror-cooperation-warning-putin/32881561.html
U.S. Again Dismisses Russian Assertion Of Ukrainian Link To Concert Hall Attackers
rferl.org/a/russia-crocus-attack-moscow-us-rejects-ukrainian-link/32881657.html
Several Wounded As Russia Hits Ukraine With Drones, Heavy Artillery: Ukrainian authorities say Russia used kamikaze drones and heavy artillery to strike regions ...
rferl.org/a/ukraine-kharkiv-russia-strikes-new-guided-bomb/32880728.html
Amnesty International Calls On Pakistan To Stop Expelling Afghan Girls And Women: Amnesty International has urged Pakistan to halt expelling hundreds of ...
rferl.org/a/pakistan-afghanistan-expelling-girls-women-amnesty-call/32881487.html
Russia Tightens Security In Wake Of Moscow Concert Shooting: Enhanced security measures have been implemented across Russia following the March 22 terrorist ...
rferl.org/a/russia-tightens-security-terrorist-attack-crocus/32880851.html
Russia's Ethnic Minorities Brace For 'Excesses' As Xenophobia Spikes After Crocus Attack
rferl.org/a/russia-ethnic-minorities-xenophobia-crocus-attack/32880139.html
European Lawmakers React After Alleged Targeting In Chinese Hacking Campaign: The United States and Britain say China has been carrying out a sweeping ...
rferl.org/a/china-hacking-european-lawmakers-north-macedonia-romania/32880127.html
Four Tajiks are accused by the Russian authorities of storming a Moscow-region concert hall and killing scores of people. Edward Lemon ... Show more
Malcolm Nance: 'Always Listen To A Terrorist Group And Believe Them When They Confess'
rferl.org/a/interview-nance-russia-terrorist-attack-moscow-concert/32880012.html
Interview: Putin, The Terror Attack, And The Threat Whose Name He 'Dare Not Speak'
rferl.org/a/putin-russia-attack-analysis-galeotti-central-asia/32877947.html
RFE/RL has reached out to relatives in Tajikistan and trawled the social media accounts of some of the eight men who have now been charged over the Moscow ... Show more
Then-And-Now Images Suggest Severe Abuse Of Moscow Terror Suspects: Images taken as four Tajik men suspected of committing the Crocus City Hall shooting near ...
rferl.org/a/before-after-images-detention-abuse-moscow-shooting-crocus/32876344.html
How Wrong Assumptions Are Clouding The Postmortem Of Russia's Terror Attack: Russian politicians, pro-Kremlin pundits and media, and online voices and bots have ...
rferl.org/a/russia-moscow-concert-attack-assumptions-islamic-state/32879614.html
Quick Glance: Russia Casts Doubt on ISIS Attack in Moscow
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it was 'extremely hard to believe' that the Islamic State would have had the capacity to launch an attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 143 people.
- Zakharova reiterated Moscow's claims, lacking evidence, that Ukraine was behind the attack on the Crocus City Hall, the deadliest in Russia in 20 years.
- The director of Russia's FSB security agency stated on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine, the United States, and Britain were involved in the Moscow attack.
- The head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, Kyrylo Budanov, stated at a security conference in Kyiv that he believed Russian authorities had known about preparations for a major attack since at least mid-February.
Uzbek Citizens Urged To Obey Tougher Security Measures In Russia: Uzbekistan has urged its citizens who work in Russia to comply with the stepped-up security ...
rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-warns-citizens-russia-security-measures-moscow-concert-attack/32879609.html
Poverty Forces Nearly 1 Million Iranians Out Of School, Data Shows: Some 930,000 Iranian children and adolescents were forced to abandon their education in the ...
rferl.org/a/iran-school-dropouts-poverty-million-iranians-data/32879670.html
China In Eurasia Briefing: Xi, Putin, And A Battle Of Narratives Over The Moscow Concert Attack
rferl.org/a/china-moscow-concert-attack-xi-putin-narratives-standish-eurasia-briefing/32879276.html
Why Putin Is Trying To Pin The Concert Hall Attack On Kyiv And The West: Suggesting that blame for Russia's woes lies with Washington or the West is nothing new ...
rferl.org/a/putin-terror-attack-ukraine-united-states-blame/32878403.html
Ukrainian Denials Of Involvement Sharpen After Attack On Russian Concert: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other Ukrainian officials on March 23 furiously ...
rferl.org/a/ukraine-denials-moscow-concert-attack-zelenskiy-putin/32874651.html
Moscow Terrorist Attack 'Serious Intelligence Failure,' Says Ex-U.S. Envoy To Russia
rferl.org/a/russia-moscow-terrorist-attack-vershbow-intelligence-failure/32875186.html
Kyrgyzstan's Former Kingmaker Matraimov Brought Home As Enemy Of The State: Raimbek Matraimov, an ex-customs official accused of stealing millions of dollars ...
rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-kingmaker-matraimov-extradited-azerbaijan/32878619.html
From Offshoot To 'Spearhead': The Rise Of IS-K, Islamic State's Afghanistan Branch
rferl.org/a/islamic-state-khorasan-rise-afghanistan-growing-ambitions/32878355.html
An Unlikely Armenian-Azerbaijani Love Story Ends In Russian Terror Attack: To many, in the Caucasus, in particular, the tragedy of the killings of Lilit ...
rferl.org/a/armenia-azerbaijan-love-story-dies-crocus-attack-russia/32878272.html
Belarusians Prosecuted Simply For Accepting Food Donations: A Florida-based nonprofit, INeedHelpBY, has become the target of a sweeping crackdown by Belarusian ...
rferl.org/a/belarus-food-nations-prosecutions-ineedhelpby-crackdown/32878174.html
Exiles Mark Anniversary Of Belarusian People's Republic In Vilnius: Exiled Belarusians gathered on the streets of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius ...
svaboda.org/a/exiled-belarusians-anniversary-belarusian-people-republic-vilnius/32877054.html
Azadi English : The Taliban-led government is pushing forward with the ambitious Qosh Tepa canal project despite concerns over its impact ... Show more
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has expressed her strong support for Yulia Navalnaya. Speaking on March 25 to RFE/RL's Belarus' ... Show more
Kremlin Condemns 'Bloody Terrorist Attack' After Gunmen Storm Moscow-Area Concert Hall
rferl.org/a/russia-shooting-krokus-gunmen-deaths/32873510.html
Russian authorities have charged four Tajik suspects over the deadly mass shooting on March 22 at a Moscow concert hall. News of the arrests appears to have ... Show more
An eyewitness to the horrific attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue has given an account of what happened during the deadly mass shooting near Moscow ... Show more
Wider Europe Briefing: What Ukraine And Moldova Need To Do To Join The EU: I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two big ...
rferl.org/a/ukraine-moldova-european-union-accession-wider-europe-jozwiak/32876580.html
Quick Glance: Path to EU Membership for Ukraine and Moldova
- The European Commission presented the negotiation framework for Ukraine and Moldova, awaiting approval from EU member states.
- EU enlargement is viewed as a lengthy process that must consider the Union's capacity to absorb new members.
- The Commission has outlined ideas for EU reform to accommodate additional members, focusing on the issue of unanimity in decision-making.
- Discussions on EU enlargement and governance reveal that reforms and admitting new countries into the EU pose a complex and challenging task.
Russian officials report that at least 40 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen fired at crowds at the Crocus City Hall music venue in ... Show more
First F-16s Should Be In Ukraine This Summer, Says Dutch Defense Minister: Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren says Ukraine should receive its first F-16 ...
rferl.org/a/ukraine-first-f16s-summer-dutch-minister-ollongren/32871951.html
Quick Glance: Russia Launches 'Largest' Attack on Energy
- Russia's 'largest' attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure involved around 150 missiles and drones, resulting in two casualties.
- China's mediation attempts in the Ukraine conflict failed due to significant differences between Kyiv and Moscow.
- France and Germany announced ammunition production in Ukraine to support the country's armed forces.
- Germany and France reached a 'historic' breakthrough in developing the tank of the future, focusing on advanced technologies.
How Putin's Police State Leaves Russia Vulnerable To Terrorist Attacks: Deadly attacks and avoidable disasters that have punctuated his rule undermine the ...
rferl.org/a/putin-police-state-russia-vulnerable-terrorist-attacks/32874298.html
The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for an attack on a music venue in Moscow that left at least 40 people dead and more than 100 wounded ... Show more
Foreign Students In Bulgaria Complain Of Rising Racism, Violent Attacks: Recent attacks on foreigners, many of them university students, in Bulgaria have ...
rferl.org/a/bulgaria-racism-violent-attacks-foreign-students/32875393.html
Photos Of The Week (March 18-24, 2024): Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 12th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
rferl.org/a/top-shots-photos-rferl-week-12-2024/32868591.html
Explainer: What Is Islamic State-Khorasan, The Group Blamed For The Moscow Concert Attack?
rferl.org/a/islamic-state-khorasan-explainer-moscow-concert-attack/32875320.html
The Russian Military Base In Armenia At The Eye Of A Geopolitical Storm: Fraying Armenia-Russian ties have led to speculation about the future of Russia’s ...
rferl.org/a/armenia-russian-base-gyumri-alliance-weakening-geopolitical-storm/32874563.html
Zelenskiy Pushes EU To Use Profits From Frozen Russian Assets To Aid Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on EU leaders at the opening of ...
rferl.org/a/eu-summit-zelenskiy-russian-assets-ukraine-aid-arms-ammunition/32871628.html
Child Rape Case Underscores Kyrgyzstan's Failure To Tackle Plaguing Problem: The Kyrgyz government is struggling to tackle sexual violence against children ...
rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-child-rape-problem-sexual-violence/32874344.html
In Russian Crises, Putin Often Vanishes From Public Eye: During Russian President Vladimir Putin's 24-year reign, he has repeatedly waited days to make public ...
rferl.org/a/russia-crises-putin-vanishes-public-eye/32874511.html
Siberia In The 1700s: What A French Astronomer Witnessed In Russia : French astronomer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche made a detailed description of life in ...
rferl.org/a/siberia-18th-century-illustrations-french-astronomer-russia-jean-baptiste-chappe-d-auteroche/32872831.html
A Look Back At Major Terror Attacks Under Putin's Rule: The attack by gunmen on a music venue in Moscow is the worst in Russia in years. Here are some of the ...
rferl.org/a/major-attacks-russia-putin-/32873690.html
As Russia Pummels Power Plants, Ukrainians Advance On Renewable Energy Front: With its energy infrastructure under heavy Russian fire and over two-thirds of its ...
rferl.org/a/ukraine-solar-power-renewable-energy-russia-war/32873279.html
To Some In Belgrade, Serbia Risks Loss Of 'Crown Jewel' In Kushner Deal: Serbians appear cool to the idea that Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner ...
rferl.org/a/jared-kushner-serbia-nato-bombing-belgrade-hotel/32873406.html
A communist-era fortified island off the coast of Albania may now become a luxury resort under plans by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former U.S ... Show more
The Week In Russia: The 87 Percent Solution : Putin claims a landslide victory in what a monitoring group calls Russia’s “dirtiest, most falsified” election ever ...
rferl.org/a/russia-gutterman-election-87-percent-navalny/32872027.html
Why are Chinese surveillance cameras, blacklisted by the U.S., at a NATO base in Romania?
By Reid Standish & Europa Liberă România
Scenes Of Destruction After Russian Strike Hits Ukrainian Residential Area: Local authorities reported one person had been killed and several wounded during ...
rferl.org/a/russian-missile-attack-khmelnitskiy/32872835.html
Kremlin Uses Word 'War' For Ukraine Invasion For First Time: Russia is now at "war" with Ukraine because of Western interference in what Moscow ...
rferl.org/a/russsia-ukraine-kremlin-war/32872842.html
Chinese Wind Farms In Bosnia Spotlight Clash Of Interests, Corruption In The Heart Of The Balkans
rferl.org/a/bosnia-china-wind-farms-corruption-balkans/32871321.html
Deadly Suicide Bombing Strikes Outside Bank In Kandahar As Taliban Employees Wait For Pay
rferl.org/a/afghanistan-kandahar-explosion-taliban-pay-islamic-state/32871326.html
Putin's Re-Election Confirms Russia Is 'Authoritarian Society,' Says NATO Chief
rferl.org/a/nato-stoltenberg-russia-election-authoritarian-ukraine/32867531.html
Quick Glance: Putin revels in electoral victory amidst quiet protests
- Putin secures fifth term easily after suppressing opposition.
- Voters had virtually no choice in the election.
- Critics view the results as predetermined, Putin sees them as trust.
- Protests by the opposition, both in Russia and globally, are downplayed by Putin.
Kyiv Slammed By Russian Missile Barrage, Injuring Scores: Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, early on March 21 ...
rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-missile-attack-russia-war/32871170.html
Quick Glance: Russian Missile Attack Injures 10 in Kyiv
- Russian missiles struck Kyiv early Thursday, injuring at least 10 people and damaging several residential buildings and industrial facilities.
- Air defense systems in and around Kyiv reportedly intercepted about three dozen Russian missiles, including ballistic ones, according to Serhii Popko, head of the city military administration.
- Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv's mayor, reported impacts in various parts of the city causing fires and injuries. Ukrainian forces are struggling with shortages in troops and ammunition, hampering their ability to counter Russian assaults.
- Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, visited Kyiv urging Republican lawmakers to release the blocked aid package for Ukraine. President Zelensky emphasized the urgent need for additional air defense systems to protect lives.
Tatarstan Court Cancels Fine Of Activist Who Supported Detained RFE/RL Journalist
rferl.org/a/russia-tatarstan-detained-rferl-journalist-alsu-/32871429.html
Norouz Celebrations Welcome Spring With Music, Food, And Fire: Norouz -- the Persian New Year holiday observed on the spring equinox -- is a celebration of love ...
rferl.org/a/welcoming-spring-norouz-celebrations/32871279.html
The Russian Polling Places Where Putin Lost, Even By The Official Count: Of the more than 90,000 polling stations across Russia, RFE/RL has identified only three ...
rferl.org/a/russia-polling-places-where-putin-lost-election-/32870428.html
In Face Of Record-Low Election Turnout, Iranian Cleric Says Believers Matter, Not Majority
rferl.org/a/iran-election-turnout-cleric-alamolhoda-believers-majority/32870530.html
Central Asians Find New Routes On American Journey As Turkey Blocks Them: Dozens of Central Asians and Russians have been barred from boarding planes in Istanbul ...
rferl.org/a/central-asians-migrants-barred-turkey-american-route-dubai/32870561.html
Several Dead In Russian Missile Attack On Ukraine's Kharkiv : A Russian missile that struck an industrial area in Ukraine's northern city of Kharkiv has killed ...
rferl.org/a/several-dead-in-russian-missile-attack-kharkiv/32870355.html
Inside One Armenian Town's Quest For Guinness Records Glory: If there were a Guinness record for most world records per capita in one town ...
rferl.org/a/guinness-world-records-georgia-talin-town/32868537.html
Soyuz Rocket Launch To Unite U.S. And Russian Scientists In Space: Final preparations are under way in Kazakhstan for the March 21 launch that will send U.S. ...
rferl.org/a/soyuz-rocket-launch-to-unite-u-s-russian-scientists/32870095.html
Photoshop Agitprop: The Reality-Altering Imagery Of Turkmenistan's New President: As Britain’s royal family scrambles to address furors over photoshopped images ...
rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-photoshop-image-editing-president/32870234.html
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