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Due to its easy-entry requirements, the Serbian capital has become a growing hub for middle-class Russians who left the country following Moscow's February invasion.

Former lawmaker and women’s rights advocate Faezeh Hashemi has been arrested in Tehran after being accused by state media of encouraging protests.

Protests continue in Iran despite a deadly state crackdown; Iranian soccer star Ali Karimi has angered authorities over his support for protests; and Iran’s foreign minister claims the United States has signaled the "will" for a nuclear agreement.

Russia is offering debt repayment holidays and other benefits on top of high salaries to appease draftees as protests erupt around the country and people flee. It probably won’t help much, analysts said.

“Putin wants us to live in fear, but for us he is no one.” For decades at Rosh Hashanah, Hasidic pilgrims have flocked to the grave of a spiritual leader who died in Uman, Ukraine, over 200 years ago. This year, the tradition lived on despite Russia’s war.

The new arrivals have provided a late season boom for the region’s hotels while forcing up rental costs for locals.

Georgia has been flooded with Russians fleeing Vladimir Putin's partial military mobilization. Those trying to get into the Caucasus country have turned to social media for advice and to share their frustrations. Many Georgians, however, have little sympathy for them.

Education authorities are scrutinizing textbooks after right-wingers teamed up with the powerful Orthodox Church to challenge a recently introduced syllabus and textbooks that they claim are overly indulgent on gender issues.

Russian authorities have raided the home of a village store owner who used his business to oppose the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine -- and now faces criminal charges punishable by up to five years in prison.

Ivan Kalchev is a candidate in Bulgaria's upcoming snap parliamentary elections. But instead of wooing voters, Kalchev is in Ukraine, fighting in Kyiv's counteroffensive against invading Russian forces.