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Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Moscow is ready to work with Ankara to free up Ukrainian ports that Russia has blocked over the conflict in Ukraine.

Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says he supports a series of constitutional changes that will be put to a nationwide referendum, and that there is no rift between him and his successor, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev.

"Mid-table very happy with that" said Julian McBride on completion of the opening race in the 750 Motor Club Tegiwa Club Enduro Championship 2022 season. This press release features multimedia. View

A growing number of Russians are falling afoul of new laws criminalizing criticism of the invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war. 

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been allowed to leave the country to attend a political party conference in the Netherlands after two previous attempts were blocked, forcing him to appeal to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for permission to make the trip.

Opposition protesters have clashed with police as they marched against the Armenian government's handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute with Azerbaijan.

Russia is looking to use a system to pay its debt obligations through one similar to what it has set up for gas payments as a deadline looms for Moscow to avoid a historic default on its Eurobond obligations amid international sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine.

RFE/RL correspondent Aleh Hruzdzilovich, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Belarusian authorities for allegedly participating in demonstrations that he says he was covering as a journalist, has been transferred to a penal colony in the country’s east. 

Yakyn Inkar, a relatively unknown religious fundamentalist group, was outlawed in Kyrgyzstan five years ago after it was deemed a threat to the government. But Kyrgyz security services say the group remains active in the country, operating underground madrasahs and promoting its radical ideology.  

The Freedom Long Walk for Sindhs human rights, climate change and environmental justice has kicked off in Canada