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In a wide-ranging interview, Vladislav Inozemtsev, a Russian academic who is the director of the Moscow-based Center for Research on Post-Industrial Studies, discusses Putin's health, whether Russians should feel collective guilt, and predicts how the Putin regime will end. 

Since the Taliban seized power, two Iranian dissidents have allegedly been arrested and another mysteriously killed in Afghanistan. Rights groups say the incidents follow a familiar pattern of arbitrary arrests.

A court in Yerevan has upheld the detention of Igor Khachaturov, the son of the former chief of Armenia's armed forces, Yuri Khachaturov, after he was charged with assaulting a policeman during opposition protests this week seeking to force Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian from office.

Human Rights Watch says the Iranian government has once again resorted to suppressing dissent and detaining protesters as it looks to quell discontent over rising prices and workers' rights and low wages.

Media this week have reported that Russian ballet master Igor Zelensky is the longtime partner of Yekaterina Tikhonova, who is believed to be the second daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Current Time and its partners look into who Zelensky is and what the future might hold for him.

The predictions were dire when Gazprom turned off the gas taps in late April to Bulgaria. But less than a month later, Bulgaria is confident it can survive without Russian gas.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Russia to allow the secure export of grain through Ukrainian ports.

Thousands took to the streets of Yerevan as protesters decry the potential ceding of disputed territory to Azerbaijan.

Amnesty International says Iran is threatening a Swedish-Iranian doctor with imminent execution in order to force Belgium and Sweden to release two imprisoned former Iranian officials and to deter Western countries from future prosecutions of other Iranian officials.

A court in Moscow has issued additional arrest warrants for several close associates of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, this time on charges of creating an extremist group.