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The United States and NATO will hold high stakes talks with Moscow, which is demanding sweeping "security guarantees," as the threat of a new Russian offensive targeting Ukraine hangs in the balance.

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

NATO foreign ministers are due to meet via videoconference on January 7 to discuss their approaches to a handful of major gatherings next week concerning Russia's actions with respect to Ukraine. 

The mass protests across Kazakhstan in recent days have no identifiable leader. But RFE/RL’s interviews with demonstrators reveal a multitude of complaints from activists who feel they have no political voice under the rule of President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev.

Kazakh police say dozens of protesters were “eliminated” overnight in the Central Asian country’s biggest city, Almaty, when they tried to storm administrative buildings as nationwide unrest escalated.

Servicing the city’s western suburbs, the office fills a gap for the nationwide network. Kris Matthews’ Toowong team will now be known as Harcourts Property Partners, moving on from Ray White.

A court in Ukraine has frozen property owned by former President Petro Poroshenko as part of a formal investigation into alleged high treason by the former head of state, which he denies.

Anyone trying to buy a house can tell you that it’s been extremely competitive lately, and in some areas, it’s been nearly impossible. There are parts of the country where the housing market is hotter than ever, and a new report reveals the ones that are the absolute hottest.

Images released by the Russian military show troops departing for Kazakhstan amid deadly anti-government protests in the Central Asian country. January 6 also saw scores of unidentified military personnel shooting automatic weapons in downtown Almaty.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has announced a visit to Kyiv later this month to stress London's "unwavering" commitment to Ukraine amid continuing Russian aggression against its fellow post-Soviet neighbor.