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Energy officials blame low tariffs for poor performance, but leaders fear hikes will cause backlashes as energy shortages plague Central Asian countries.

"If a year ago somebody had told me I'd become a partisan or kill somebody, I'd have laughed at them. But here we are," says Vladyslav Nedostup, a sociology graduate and car-parts dealer who sought "bloody revenge" after a former classmate and her daughter were killed by a Russian missile.

A court in Moscow has issued arrest warrants for two former coordinators of groups in Siberia associated with jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny.

They were supposed to meet this week -- technical experts, engineers, and treaty officials from Russia and the United States – to find a way to resume nuclear weapons inspections. Moscow pulled out at the eleventh hour, alarming arms experts, who say it’s a bad omen, now and for future talks.   

The five Caspian countries agreed to use the sea for peaceful purposes and turn it into a zone of peace and friendship. But is it possible to call the Caspian Sea, which Russia uses to launch missiles at Ukrainian civilian targets, a "sea of peace and friendship"?

The legacy of Ottomans returned to India as the fourth edition of the India International Furniture Fair (IIFF) started at the International Expo Centre in Noida on Friday.

Ahead of the EU's December 5 embargo on Russian oil, LUKoil and Sofia recently claimed a deal was afoot to exchange hundreds of millions in taxes for the right to export fuel to Europe. However, a deal is still very much on the table in what could be a tough test of European solidarity.

A journalist in Russia's Tatarstan, Nailla Mullayeva, has been sentenced to six days in jail and fined $490 on a charge of discrediting the Russian armed forces and violating the law on public gatherings.

Ukraine has banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and said it would examine links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches.

Several Iranian student associations have accused authorities of deliberate "serial poisoning" after reports that a large number of students from at least four Iranian universities across the country fell ill.