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Dissident Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who once promised to return to Moscow in a U.S.-made Abrams tank, has been added to the Interior Ministry's wanted list on unspecified charges.

Russia has recorded its first official case of the so-called Kraken subvariant of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Rospotrebnadzor state monitoring agency reporting on January 12.

Murtaza Rakhimov, once an influential politician who led Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan from 1993 to 2010, has died at the age of 88.

Riga – Today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) launches its new office in Riga, Latvia. Announced in March 2022 after the forced closure of RFE/RL’s Moscow bureau following the Kremlin’s decades-long assault on independent media in Russia, the new office is part of RFE/RL’s efforts to...

This week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) opened new offices in Vilnius, Lithuania and Riga, Latvia. Announced in March 2022, these offices are critical parts of a comprehensive strategy to counter disinformation and reach new audiences in Belarus and Russia with trusted, independent...

Three months ago, General Sergei Surovikin was charged with refocusing Russia's war on Ukraine. Now he's been demoted and a rival general named the top commander. And with that, President Vladimir Putin has roiled the 11-month invasion, injecting Kremlin politics into the war, with no end in sight.

Almost 30 international human rights watchdogs have urged Kyrgyz authorities to allow access to the websites of RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Radio Azattyk, which have been blocked since October.

Vilnius – Today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) opens its new office in Vilnius, Lithuania, the latest step in a comprehensive strategy to counter pervasive Russian disinformation and reach new audiences with trusted, independent news and information. RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie...

Estonia wants to outline a plan by the end of January for seizing some $21.4 million of Russian assets and delivering them under European Union sanctions to Ukraine.

The divisive social media personality Andrew Tate arrived at a court in Romania in handcuffs early on January 10 to appeal a judge’s earlier decision to extend his arrest period from 24 hours to 30 days.