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A strange smell has been reported across the area

Authorities in Finland say they are investigating a mysterious sulphur odour around Finland's capital Helsinki.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three passengers has successfully docked at the International Space Station.

A Moscow court again extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held in Russian custody on espionage charges for nearly a year. 

The U.S. Treasury Department on March 25 said it had imposed sanctions on Russian financial services and technology players for developing or offering services in virtual assets aimed at evading Ukraine war-related sanctions on Russia.

Melting snow has caused floods in Kazakhstan's northwestern region of Aqtobe, local residents told RFE/RL on March 26.

Tajik authorities detained relatives of four Tajik men accused of storming a Moscow-region concert hall and gunning down scores of people. The relatives have been questioned as part of a widening Russian investigation. 

A prominent St. Petersburg developer has been detained by police in connection with two Facebook posts related to the Moscow concert hall terrorist attack that killed at least 139 people.

Supporters of extreme right-wing movements in Serbia took part in a demonstration in Belgrade on March 24 on the 25th anniversary of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Russian defense authorities have presented state and military honors to two units stationed in the western Bryansk region, in connection with their purported roles in capturing men suspected of involvement in a terrorist attack on a concert hall outside of Moscow that left at least 137 dead.