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The war in Ukraine has complicated relations within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led Eurasian military alliance. But it is Moscow's passivity toward other conflicts that is worrying some members. 

Hundreds of thousands of Tajiks have obtained dual Russian citizenship in recent years in the hope of better economic opportunities. But many are facing a tough choice after Russia announced a mobilization amid Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Iran has been accused of using adolescent boys in its crackdown on antigovernment protests, oil workers go on strike for the first time, and the family of a teenage girl who died after taking part in protests in Tehran has accused the authorities of "lying" about her daughter's death.

In his first interview since a surprise shout-out from EU policy chief Josep Borrell, analyst Olivier Schmitt talked to RFE/RL about the threat from decoupled prosperity and security, Putin's calculus in Ukraine, and the problem with leaders like Hungary's Viktor Orban. 

Two days after taking command of Russia’s faltering war on Ukraine, General Sergei Surovikin launched the biggest air strikes since the invasion was launched seven months ago. If history is any guide, Surovikin is about to lead the war to its deadliest phase yet.

Although much, if not all, prospecting for ancient artifacts is illegal in Hungary, experts say Hungarians and others equipped with metal detectors are digging up and looting the country of much of its archeological heritage.

Residents fear for their health amid Chisinau's appeasement of a smoke-belching steel mill across the river in Moldova's separatist region.

Last month saw one of ex-president Nazarbaev's relatives convicted and jailed -- a development unimaginable before mass unrest in January -- while some businesses linked to the Nazarbaevs have been gobbled up by the state. Is the government going after the family's vast wealth?

At least 16 mobilized Russian soldiers have died in the 2 1/2 weeks since President Vladimir Putin announced a sweeping plan to get more troops to bolster the flagging Ukraine war effort. Though small, the number underscores the wider chaos afflicting the recruitment process.

The governor of the Pskov region, northwest of Moscow, jumped at the chance to oversee the reconstruction of schools in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Kherson region. His own region has an awful record at completing construction projects at home.