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A Danish court has found three members of an Iranian separatist group guilty of promoting terrorism in Iran and gathering information for an unnamed Saudi intelligence agency.

Tajikistan has increased pressure on influential figures in Gorno-Badakhshan, a volatile region that the central government has trouble exerting full control over. Three prominent natives were recently charged with inciting ethnic hatred in a move that sparked anger and suspicion among locals.

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

The United States has introduced sanctions against Belarusian citizens who, according to the State Department, were involved in the "transnational repression" of Belarusian athletes abroad.

A court has rejected the appeal of a 61-year-old Ukrainian national who was convicted of espionage in Russia-annexed Crimea last year.

In 1997, NATO and Russia pledged to cooperate on European security, basing their ties on a “shared commitment” to principles such as respect for human rights and the rule of law. Twenty-five years later, the words and actions of Ramzan Kadyrov highlight one of the reasons that didn’t work out. 

YouTube has blocked several channels operated by Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, commonly known as the Donbas.

Journalist Yelena Milashina says she has decided to temporarily leave Russia amid death threats against her by the Kremlin-backed authoritarian leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

A rare collection of color images made by a European woman who traveled throughout Iran as modernization and political upheavals forever changed the country.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 15 amid a flurry of intense diplomacy prompted by Moscow's buildup of troops in areas on the border with Ukraine.