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Latvian lawmakers have approved a bill that allows a controversial Soviet monument in the capital, Riga, to be dismantled as the Baltic nation looks to further shed its Soviet-occupied past amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Russian poet and longtime RFE/RL Russian Service journalist Aleksei Tsvetkov has died in Israel at the age of 75.

Russian news agencies have cited purported Lithuanian plans to withdraw Vilnius's ambassador to Russia and shut down its consulate in St. Petersburg next month over Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Kosovo has officially applied for membership in the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights organization, in an effort to seize on the recent exit of Russia.

Ukraine’s victory in the war unleashed against it by Russia will open a "new window of opportunities for the Belarusians," such as protests or strikes, said Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya. In an interview with Current Time in Prague on May 11, she also pointed out that Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime is currently circumventing international sanctions -- first imposed for the crackdown on dissent and then for Belarus's role in Russia's invasion -- thr...

At least 112 soldiers from Russia's Buryatia region have been killed in Ukraine since February, according to the Free Buryatia Foundation. Current Time reports on some of those who have died and spoke to people in the region. (WARNING: Viewers may find the content of this video disturbing.)

Russian general says Moscow wants to carve land bridge through Ukraine to Moldova’s pro-Russia Transnistria enclave where Russian influence faces challenges

RIGA, Latvia - Ahead of Russia's most patriotic and somber holiday, Victory Day on Monday, there is no victory in the war against Ukraine but plenty of rumors that President Vladimir Putin will order a general mobilization of soldiers to secure one.

Italian authorities have ordered the seizure of a $700 million superyacht that media reports and activists have linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The European Union has unveiled plans to ban Russian oil imports and slapped more banking sanctions against Moscow as Russia stepped up its offensive in eastern Ukraine and neighboring Belarus ordered sudden large-scale military exercises.