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A court in Moscow has upheld the Justice Ministry's move to designate the Latvia-based independent Meduza news outlet as a “foreign agent” -- a move that requires it to label itself as such and subjects the media outlet to increased government scrutiny and regulation.

WASHINGTON -- One of RFE/RL’s core strengths has long been a vast network of local journalists with deep local expertise and contacts, reporting on the scene for people in their communities – as well as uplifting local issues to wider audiences of RFE/RL’s regional reporting network. In recent...

Online business media outlet VTimes has announced its closure after the Russian Justice Ministry added it to the registry of "foreign agents" last month, a move the site says "destroyed" its business.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has defended her country's controversial labeling of some foreign-funded media as "foreign agents" by saying Moscow was "forced" to adopt the measure in response to actions taken by the United States.

A Belarusian dissident who was detained when his Ryanair flight was “hijacked” has been shown on state television arguing that it is “useless” to continue protests against President Lukashenko.The

According to Gudkovs father, former State Duma Deputy Gennady Gudkov, his son only learned about any supposedly outstanding debt during his detention. "This is a purge of my family," the elder Gudkov told RFE/RL by telephone from Bulgaria. "It is revenge against Dmitry and revenge against me. Apparently, they are under orders to find any pretext to prevent Dmitry Gudkov from running in the elections and to prevent me from returning to Russia." "It is clear that this is just political vengeance,...

From his cage in a Minsk courtroom, Belarusian activist Stsyapan Latypau said that he had been ordered to confess to charges he organized anti-government protests or face time in a prison "pressure chamber."

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