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Turkmen state workers are routinely forced to donate money to various government-backed charities, office renovations, and take part in parades and street cleanings to keep their jobs.

I'm incredibly scared of ticks, it's probably why I'm not a hiker.

A year after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, most Russians support the war, actively or passively. But for thousands who refused to remain silent, the invasion ended their old lives and marked the start of a fierce conflict with their government, the police, their neighbors, and their families.

The International Federation of Journalists has suspended with immediate effect the Russian Union of Journalists over its action since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its role in annexed Ukrainian territories.

Romania’s health-care system, the second-worst funded in the EU, is facing fresh scandal after five doctors were accused of illegally harvesting implants from corpses and reusing them in hundreds of patients in a cash-making scheme that allegedly operated for years.

The lawyer of Iranian protester Javad Ruhi, who has been handed three death sentences after being charged with "corruption on Earth," says the cases against his client lacked evidence and witnesses.

The 2nd edition of the Saudi Media Forum began in the capital Riyadh with over 1,500 media professionals and industry leaders from Arab and foreign countries joining to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the media industry.

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two major issues: the EU's new sanctions package on Russia and a meeting of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly that looks set to welcome sanctioned Russian State Duma members to Vienna.

A court in Minsk has granted a prosecution request to hold a closed-door trial of journalist Paval Belavus on charges related to his participation in anti-government protests.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is known for repeating familiar and often false narratives, so he may not say anything very meaningful in his address to the nation on February 21, even as he pushes ahead with the invasion of Ukraine. Just in case, though, here are some things to watch for.