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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s geopolitical weapon of choice appears to be losing strength, with the price of Russia’s Urals oil blend sitting at just $50-55 per barrel

A landscape architect who says he worked on Russian President Vladimir Putin's official complex near Moscow has provided Current Time with plans, videos, and photos. Stanislav Chekalyov says he spent five months working at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence last year and fled Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February. He is now in Georgia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ploy to lure in new fighters with the promise of Russian citizenship isn’t likely to work as well as he thinks it will

On November 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing foreign citizens to serve in the Russian Armed Forces, both as contractors and conscripts. Previously, foreigners could serve in the armed forces only as contractors, as conscripted military service was saved exclusively for Russian citizens (Topwar.ru, November 14). The decree was framed by the authorities in Moscow as an …

RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Radio Azattyk, says it has filed an administrative suit appealing the blocking of its websites in the Central Asian country.

In March 2022, Russian lawmakers adopted changes to the country’s laws, imposing fines and prison terms for discrediting the military and the actions of government agencies abroad, or spreading “fake” information about them. Badmayev faces up to three years in prison if convicted.

European Union energy ministers have failed to strike a final deal on a bloc-wide cap on natural gas prices.

About 120 Kyrgyz public figures, writers, actors, politicians, and activists have urged President Sadyr Japarov and other top officials of the Central Asian nation to unblock the websites of RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Radio Azattyk.

Read why Ukraine needs Hungary's support as it wants a united region fighting against Russian aggression and how Budapest needs Kyiv for security guarantees too.

The decision by Latvia's broadcast authority to revoke the license of exiled Russian TV station Dozhd for violations indicating support for Russia's war in Ukraine has unleashed an intense debate over the station – and over the views and role of Russians abroad who oppose President Vladimir Putin.