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A growing number of Russians are falling afoul of new laws criminalizing criticism of the invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war. 

How relatively cheap Turkish drones have had an outsized impact on recent conflicts.

Yakyn Inkar, a relatively unknown religious fundamentalist group, was outlawed in Kyrgyzstan five years ago after it was deemed a threat to the government. But Kyrgyz security services say the group remains active in the country, operating underground madrasahs and promoting its radical ideology.  

Artyom Yemelyanov is one of thousands of IT workers who left their homes in Russia and moved to Armenia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. Opposing the war, they sought sanctuary abroad. And for many, Armenia was the best choice. 

Once a supporter of Vladimir Putin, Russian rocker Andrei Makarevich left the country after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has denounced the Russian leader's war of aggression. 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is creating a food shortage that has worldwide repercussions. Russia and Ukraine are key agricultural suppliers, and the conflict has only served to highlight the fragility of the global food-supply chain when two major players are essentially taken off the market.

The Kremlin’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissent means that “real opposition today can exist only outside Russia,” activist and former chess champion Garry Kasparov said.

Photographs of Russian artillery and rockets embedded in trees capture the intensity of fighting in Ukraine.

Former U.S. General Wesley Clark led NATO's Kosovo campaign to end Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic's bloody crackdown in 1998. Clark talked to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about what Ukraine needs from the West in order to have a chance of beating Russia.

The Kremlin has claimed its war on Ukraine is aimed at “de-Nazifying” the country. What about the neo-Nazi groups actively fighting on the Russian side?