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A top official in a pro-Russian political party was detained at a Moldovan airport as she prepared to leave the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has emphasized in a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev the importance of reopening the Lachin Corridor to commercial and private vehicles as soon as possible.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel again defended her policies toward Russia. amid lingering criticism that her approach paved the way for Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Recently freed in a prisoner swap, Ukrainian soldier Valeria Subotina told Current Time how she endured 327 days of Russian captivity as a prisoner of war. After her husband was killed in action two days after their wedding, she says she had nothing more to lose. Valeria and Andriy Subotin were married in the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol before she was captured.

Russia hit Ukraine with a nighttime barrage of 18 missiles, and Ukrainian air defense claimed it shot down nearly all of them. 

Russian officials said an explosion was to blame for a freight train derailing not far from the border with Ukraine.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

The conversation allegedly occurred in January 2023 between Russian billionaire Roman Trotsenko and businessman Nikolay Matushevsky.

RFE/RL plans to appeal the court’s decision and has made clear that it has no intention of abandoning its audience in Kyrgyzstan.

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project