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Russia has issued an arrest warrant for a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) who in March issued a warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges.

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, who is serving a total of 19 years in prison on extremism and other charges, has been placed in punitive solitary confinement for the 22nd time since August 2022.

The European Commission is due to tell Moldova on November 8 that it has fulfilled six out of the nine criteria needed to begin negotiations for European Union membership, according to a draft report seen by RFE/RL.

With regard to the 1st out of 12 priorities - political polarization, the European Commission says that cooperation, compromise-building and

The husband of detained U.S. journalist Alsu Kurmasheva says his wife is a "political prisoner" and he called on the United States to classify her as "wrongfully detained" as she remains behind bars in Russia on a charge of failing to register as a foreign agent.

The Central Election Commission did not receive information about possible preparations for presidential elections in March 2024. Source: Serhii Dubovyk, Deputy Chairman of the commission in a comment to Radio Liberty Quote: "According to the current legislation of Ukraine, no elections are held in wartime, while martial law is declared.

By Nantoo Banerjee Increasing secret business donations to political parties to help fight state and general elections threaten to harm India’s democratic system. The practice protects the anonymity of contributors. If France, one of the world’s most vibrant democracies, can ban political donations by business corporations, why do political parties in India need to raise

The ANC KZN secretary accused the EFF of colluding with the DA and said two parties had the same funders

CHIŞINĂU, 6 November 2023 – Moldova’s local elections were calm and efficiently managed with candidates mostly able to campaign freely, but the broad powers of the government commission for exceptional situations were used to restrict freedom of speech and association as well as the right to stand, while interference from abroad and widespread alle

Szymon Martys — Poland held elections on October 15 that ended the eight-year, two-term rule of the incumbent Law and Justice party and the United Right political alliance centred on it.