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Fin Sushi, which opened last October on Madisons far west side, fills a needed niche on the Madison restaurant scene, writes Gazette restaurant reviewer Aaron R. Conklin.

Bellingcat and The Insider say a detailed investigation shows Russian writer and poet Dmitry Bykov, a critic of the government, suffered a poisoning attack two years ago at the hands of the same agents suspected of being involved in the poisoning of other opposition figures.

Photos at the National Archives of Estonia reveal daily life during the communist occupation of the Baltic state.

June 10, 2021 14:32 GMT After 15 years of work, Ukrainian researchers have published a study of thousands of messages -- some dating back nearly 1,000 years -- scratched onto the walls of Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral. 1 A message etched into a dark corner of Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral declares: “As a mother can unwillingly hurt her child by enlightening them, so God enlightens a person by saddling them with trouble. A person whose mind has departed from the correct order of things shall b...

A contributor to the programs of RFE/RL's Siberia-Realities project in Russia's Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk says he has been attacked by three unidentified individuals.

Moscow Court Fines Facebook, Telegram For Not Deleting Banned Content June 10, 2021 13:30 GMT A woman uses her smartphone while walking in central Moscow. Several social media giants have been embroiled in a broad dispute with Russian authorities in recent months for not deleting material on their websites that has been banned in Russia. (file photo) Share share Print A court in Moscow has fined social media outlets Facebook and Telegram for their "failure" to remove content "banned" by Russia...

Lawmaker Larisa Shoigu, Sister Of Russian Defense Minister, Dies Aged 68 June 10, 2021 14:02 GMT Share share Print MOSCOW -- Larisa Shoigu, the older sister of the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and a member of parliaments lower chamber, has The press service of the State Duma speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on June 10 that Larisa Shoigu had died, expressing condolences to relatives, friends, and colleagues of the lawmaker, who represented the ruling United Russia party. The cause of...

A senior U.S. diplomat has voiced concern over the lack of progress in the release of prisoners of war following the 2020 conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The new chief executive officer of Ukraine's state-owned gas behemoth has said he is committed to pushing reforms at the company after a recent management change sparked Western concerns about transparency.

Amnesty International says Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in China's northwestern Xinjiang region face "systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture, and persecution" amounting to crimes against humanity.