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When Manol Peykov heard that Russian bombing of Ukraine's energy infrastructure had left millions without power, the Bulgarian organized a crowdfunding campaign to buy more than 100 generators for impacted parts of Ukraine.

Historian Dominic Lieven writes about Russian history, empire, the Napoleonic era, and World War I. Lieven spoke to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about Russia's grievances, the war in Ukraine, and its likely end.

Romania, one of the EU’s top honey producers, lacks the processing factories it needs to ensure its output stays pure, and a loophole in EU legislation enables the use of dangerous pesticides that beekeepers and NGOs say are killing the bee population.

Belarusian authorities have begun to take "military-patriotic" education more seriously. Summer camps are organized by military units, and military-patriotic clubs have been created for schoolchildren. And a new position has been introduced in schools this year: the military-patriotic educator.

For years the Kyiv-based Center for Civil Liberties has been documenting war crimes as part of its mission to solidify democracy in Ukraine. Now, says its director on the eve of receiving the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, it is documenting "unprecedented" pain.

Dozens of Tajik migrants work in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in Ukraine, after being hired by Russian construction companies pledging high salaries and other benefits. But some of the workers say they want to leave Mariupol and warn others to beware of false promises. 

Joy over the release of a U.S. basketball star freed from Russian custody in a swap with the “Merchant of Death” is clouded by concern for Americans still held. A Putin foe is sentenced to prison for criticizing the “monstrous war” in Ukraine, where Russian attacks on vital infrastructure persist.

The Kyrgyz parliament gave its assent to President Sadyr Japarov's rise and has become increasingly marginalized since then.

Stunning color images recently made available by a French museum capture much of the globe as it was transformed by technology and geopolitics 100 years ago.

Eyewitnesses to the death of Omid Moayidi say he was first shot in the back as he ran from Iranian security forces during street protests before being shot at close range in the head. Officials have pressured his family to say that Moayidi was not protesting, but was shot by "rioters" as he drove.