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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has defended her country's controversial labeling of some foreign-funded media as "foreign agents" by saying Moscow was "forced" to adopt the measure in response to actions taken by the United States.

Dozens of people have rallied in front of the Kyrgyz parliament building in Bishkek, demanding the government find the leader of the Sapat education network after the Turkish native went missing in the Central Asian country.

Russia's media regulator has notified RFE/RL that it plans to draft another set of 130 protocols for violations of the country's controversial "foreign agent" law requiring the labeling of content.

Penitentiary Service In Siberia Removes Rights Groups From Inmate Torture Cases June 03, 2021 12:15 GMT In March, nine other probes were launched against prison officers over alleged torture of inmates in several penal colonies in the region. Share share Print IRKUTSK, Russia -- Activists say Russias Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) in the Siberian region of Irkutsk has used a legal maneuver to keep lawyers from human rights groups from defending cases of alleged torture in the regions jails...

Exorbitant plane fares and expensive work permits in Russia -- a top destination for Central Asian migrant workers -- have forced many to instead seek work in Kazakhstan, the region's wealthiest country, which is in dire need of manual laborers.

"You can’t have a democracy without a free press. We in the West need to speak out against the jailing of journalists in Russia, the threats to journalists," Shaheen said. Portman said that RFE/RLs journalism is "frightening to the leadership of Russia and Belarus and other countries." The bipartisan congressional delegation visiting Kyiv encouraged Ukraine to continue reforms to solidify its democracy and expressed solidarity with the country in the face of Russian “aggression.” Portman ...

Russias Crackdown On Jehovahs Witnesses Continues, With At Least Seven More Sentenced June 03, 2021 14:01 GMT width No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:26 0:00 Share share Print At least seven Jehovahs Witnesses have been handed prison terms in Russia amid a continuing crackdown on the religious group, which was banned in the country in 2017. Representatives of Jehovahs Witnesses informed RFE/RL that a court in Russias Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Andrei Stupnikov to six yea...

Belarus says it is reducing the permitted number of diplomats and other staff at the U.S. Embassy in Minsk and tightening visa procedures for American citizens, in response to U.S. sanctions imposed on the Eastern European country over a sweeping crackdown on the opposition.

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer and the EU envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, are visiting Serbia to press its leaders to resume talks on the normalization of ties with Kosovo.

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