COVID-19 Cited As Main Cause Of Population Loss In Russia Last Year
Russia's population declined by more than half a million in 2021, and COVID-19 is being blamed as one of the main reasons.
Source: rferl.org
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Kazakh Leader Rejects Outside Probe Into Unrest, Says Country Can Conduct Its Own Investigation
Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has rejected calls for an international probe into protests earlier this month that left more than 220 people dead and prompted the country to call in troops from a Russian-led military organization.
Almaty Qalasy Nursultan Nazarbaev Qasym Zhomart Toqaev Security Council On European Parliament On Assembly Of Kazakhstan People
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Taliban's Arrest Of Ethnic Uzbek Commander Sparks Clashes In Northern Afghanistan
Tensions are high in northern Afghanistan as online videos show Taliban fighters seizing villages and farmland from ethnic Turkmen and Uzbeks. Now violence has broken out in a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan after a local Taliban commander -- an ethnic Uzbek -- was arrested.
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As Ukraine Tensions Mount, Biden Says U.S. Soon Will Send Small Number Of Troops To Eastern Europe
President Joe Biden says the United States will soon move a small number of U.S. troops to Eastern European and NATO countries as fears continue to mount that a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine's borders could be a prelude to an invasion.
Source: rferl.org
Iranian-Born Deputy Elected To Jointly Lead German Green Party
Germany's Green party has elected a 28-year-old feminist and an Iranian-born foreign policy expert to lead the party just a month after it joined the national government in a three-way coalition.
Source: rferl.org
Russia Agrees To Move Naval Exercises Away From Irish Coast After Outcry
Russia will not conduct naval exercises in international waters off the southwest coast of Ireland next week as planned, Moscow's ambassador to Ireland said on January 29.
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'It Was A Serious Blow': Ex-Belarusian Railways Worker Says Officials Downplaying Consequences Of Cyberattack
A cybersecurity expert said a ransomware attack against the Belarus state railway could be the first time a nonstate actor has used the tactic to make a political point.
United States Robert Coalson Alyaksandr Lukashenka Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya Syarhey Vaytsyakhovich Rfe Rl Belarus Service
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Alleged Police Beating Of Deaf Boy In Tbilisi Shocks Nation, Highlights Police Brutality In Georgia
Video that appears to show a police officer beating a deaf boy on the Tbilisi subway has outraged Georgia and prompted questions about the problem of police abuse and impunity.
Source: rferl.org
Tajik Migrant Leader's Disappearance In Russia Sparks Suspicions In Gorno-Badakhshan
A Tajik migrant community leader vanished in Russia earlier this month, sparking suspicions he was secretly extradited by Russia to Dushanbe. The disappearance of Amriddin Alovatshoev comes amid a probe into November anti-government rallies in the remote province of Gorno-Badakhshan.
Kuhistoni Badakhshon Tajikistan General Gorno Badakhshan Belgorodskaya Oblast Czech Republic Mirzonabi Kholiqzod
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Hungary To Seek Additional Gas Supplies From Russia Amid Energy Shortage
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that Budapest will seek to step up Russian natural-gas imports at talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.
Vladimir Putin Peter Marki Zay Viktor Orban European Union Foreign Ministry In Kyiv Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
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