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In less than two months, the European Union is expected to cut about 90 percent of oil imports from Russia as a part of sanctions on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. While Serbia has not joined these sanctions, this measure will likely have an impact on its oil supplies as well.

Gold-rich, government-neglected Bestobe encapsulates the socioeconomic tensions that have underpinned unrest in Kazakhstan.

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two major issues: Will the European Union slap more sanctions on Russia and Belarus? And is Brussels really ready to up its game when it comes to financing Ukraine?

The clock is ticking on cultural clubs and other groupings in North Macedonia that celebrate Bulgarian historical figures reviled among many Macedonians for their irredentism and alliances with Nazis last century. 

More than 20 activists and politicians were raided and arrested as police opened an investigation amid opposition to a landmark border deal with Uzbekistan that critics say is being approved without debate.

About one in five Russians say their savings have shrunk since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February. With the war grinding on and with the dislocations caused by military mobilization, economists say it is becoming harder for average Russians to cope.

In an interview with Current Time, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said he sees little prospects of resolving the war in Ukraine “until we see the clear defeat of Russia.”

Far-right Bulgarian politician Kostadin Kostadinov has had enough of everybody using his nickname. Widely known as Kostya Kopeks because of his shady ties to Russia, Kostadinov is now trying to turn his reputation around.

In the face of growing scrutiny and protests over its poor environmental record, China's Zijin Mining Group is making donations to local sports teams in Serbia in what activists and watchdogs allege is an attempt to rehabilitate its reputation.

Like cities across Ukraine, Chernihiv’s civilian infrastructure has been devastated by two weeks of Russian air attacks targeting the electrical grid and other facilities. Authorities have told locals to make preparations for a particularly difficult winter.