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An imam has caused controversy in Kyrgyzstan after blaming skyrocketing meat prices on women wearing revealing clothes in public. Despite angry reactions and official complaints, the country's religious authority is standing by the mullah.

An observation post being built on the Afghan-Tajik border by the "Tajik Taliban" is seen as an act of intimidation from Kabul and has irritated Tajikistan, which has not recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

Women from the impoverished regions of Buryatia and Tyva -- which have seen some of the highest per capita casualties since Russia invaded Ukraine -- are uniting to pressure officials and the military to bring their soldiers home.

Iran is waging a new crackdown on dissent, arresting several high-profile government critics, including a reformist politician and three renowned filmmakers. The clampdown has coincided with rising anti-government sentiment and near daily protests across the Islamic republic.

Russia was once the darling of foreign automakers as demand for cars surged in the 2000s and early 2010s. Now they are pulling out following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaving factories idle and workers looking for other jobs.

Why did Ukraine’s State Investigative Bureau destroy secret documents pertaining to major criminal cases, including against leading political figures, hours before and after Russia’s invasion in February?

Douglas Lute, a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army, served as Washington's permanent representative to NATO from 2013 to 2017. In an interview with RFE/RL's Georgian Service, he argues that Ukraine is getting the right kind of weapons from the West, just not enough of them. 

The Moscow-installed administrations in occupied southern Ukraine are threatening to take children away from parents who refuse to enroll them in pro-Russian schools this fall, sources across the region say. 

Despite battlefield setbacks and heavy losses, Russian politicians and pundits are sounding self-assured about the outcome of the war in Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin warning Kyiv and the West that the worst is yet to come. Is it confidence born of calculation or a bully’s bluff?

Siberian scientist Dmitry Kolker was arrested at a Novosibirsk cancer ward on suspicion of treason and whisked to Moscow. After one day, he was dead. Now his family and his lawyers are looking for answers.