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A Russian philharmonic has canceled a concert led by a conductor critical of the war in Ukraine, citing “health” issues, local media reported.

The father of one of the sailors who is feared to have died in the sinking of the Moskva in April, suspects that authorities are trying to halt him from seeking answers about their fate.

Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.

Kyrgyzstan's Border Guard Service says that gunfire has erupted along the volatile border with Tajikistan, a long-standing flashpoint for violence between the two Central Asian nations.

Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked the Russian-language website of RFE/RL's Armenian Service, known locally as Radio Azatutyun.

"In just over three months, nearly 14 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes, the majority women and children," the statement said.

A court in Tajikistan's northeastern district of Lakhsh has sentenced the mother of noted blogger Junaidullo Khudoyorov to two years of house arrest after finding her guilty of hooliganism, a charge the 66-year-old woman denies.

They are slowly demolishing all of the old buildings around it and clearing out the contents, so we have another chance to purchase a piece of the school's history and repurpose it.

Police in Moscow have searched the homes of several journalists and activists who have openly protested Russia's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has become “a war of attrition,” and Western nations must prepare for "the long haul," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on June 2 following talks with U.S. President Joe Biden.