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People gathered in the center of Belgrade on February 24 and marched to Republic Square, where they lit candles and held a minute of silence for the victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) vowed on February 24 to support Ukraine for as long as needed in its war against Russia and said they would look for ways to make Moscow pay for the damage inflicted by its invasion. 

A Bulgarian lawmaker who has been sanctioned by the United States and Britain for alleged corruption, has been elected a co-president of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms at the party’s national convention in Sofia.

Self-exiled Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky says the Kremlin wants to keep Aleksei Navalny's funeral secret because it fears a public ceremony could trigger street protests. Speaking to Current Time on February 22, Khodorkovsky said Russian President Vladimir Putin "is afraid" that an outpouring of grief might lead to demonstrations and clashes in Moscow on the eve of Russian elections.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely refusing to release the body of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16, because it fears a massive outpouring of grief and support just ahead of a presidential election, Mikhail Khodorkovsky said.

Two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Current Time correspondents Borys Sachalko, Andriy Kuzakov, and Oleksiy Prodayvod reflect on their wartime experiences together with the cameramen and drivers who form a critical part of their reporting teams.

The few residents who remain in war-ravaged Vuhledar live in damp basements to shelter from daily Russian air strikes. That includes a sickly 100-year-old woman who is too ill to evacuate, according to her daughter. Ukrainian police provide a lifeline to the desperate residents by delivering bread and other basic essentials, but one local told Current Time how they melt snow and collect rainwater in order not to go thirsty.

Journalists have shared the harsh realities of reporting on the Ukrainian war and its atrocities.

Journalists have shared the harsh realities of reporting on Russia's war in Ukraine and its atrocities.

A Russian doctor who was involved in efforts to diagnose Aleksei Navalny after he was poisoned in 2020 says traces of poison can be removed from a dead body. Speaking to Current Time, Aleksandr Polupan also said there was no reason for the Russian authorities not to hand over the body, as Navalny's mother has demanded.