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Moscow, Prague To Keep Equal Number Of Staff At Each Others Embassies, Says Czech Foreign Minister April 23, 2021 07:17 GMT Updated April 23, 2021 09:18 GMT Share share Print PRAGUE -- Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek says the number of people that will be allowed by Prague and Moscow at their respective embassies will be 32, as tensions between the two continue to simmer over Russias alleged role in a deadly 2014 explosion at a Czech arms depot. "[The Czech Republics and Russias embassies...

Russia Starts Pulling Troops Out Of Occupied Crimea April 23, 2021 09:52 GMT Share share Print The Russian Defense Ministry says it has started moving troops from the Ukrainian region of Crimea to their permanent bases following the conclusion of a large-scale military drill. "At the moment, military units and groups [in Crimea] are moving to railway stations and airports, boarding military vessels, railway platforms, and military aircraft," the ministry said in an April 23 statement. The annou...

share Hey, youre busy! We know rferl.orgisnt the only website you read. And that its just possible you may have missed some of our most compelling journalism this week. To make sure youre up-to-date, here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RLs team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days. The cause of the 2014 explosions at two Czech arms depots has been a mystery for years. Czech authorities now say a secretive Russian military intelligen...

Russia Labels Meduza Media Outlet As Foreign Agent April 23, 2021 12:37 GMT Updated April 23, 2021 16:12 GMT share The Russian government has designated the Latvia-based independent Meduza news outlet as a foreign agent -- a move that will require it to label itself as such and will subject it to increased government scrutiny. The Russian Justice Ministry made the announcement on April 23 on its website, while Meduza confirmed the news in a tweet. "Hi, everyone! We’re Russia’s latest forei...

No media source currently available 0:00 0:02:19 0:00 On April 16, the Moscow prosecutors office appealed to the Moscow City Court with a request that three Navalny organizations -- the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Citizens Rights Defense Foundation, and his regional network -- be officially labeled "extremist organizations." The court has announced it will hold a closed hearing on the prosecutors request on April 26. The Russian authorities have been widely criticized for using the c...

Germany Urges Serbia, Kosovo To Work Harder To Normalize Ties April 23, 2021 10:17 GMT Share share Print Germany has called on Serbia and Kosovo to step up efforts toward a normalization of their relationship, more than two decades after Belgrade lost control of its former southern province in 1999. "The time is right for continuing the normalization process -- and to achieve results," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said at a live-streamed news conference after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar...

Biden Expected To Recognize Massacre Of Armenians As Genocide April 22, 2021 08:30 GMT Share share Print U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide, media reports say, amid calls for the move by more than 100 U.S. lawmakers. The recognition, promised by Biden during the presidential campaign for the November election he won, would be largely symbolic but is likely to anger Turkey and step up already high tension...

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An imam at a Dushanbe mosque has been detained on extremism charges after he called a late Islamic cleric "one of great leaders of the country."

Tchaikovsky Selection To Replace Banned Russian Anthem At Tokyo, Beijing Olympics April 22, 2021 16:26 GMT share Print Russias Olympic Committee (ROC) says a selection of music by 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky will replace the Russian national anthem at this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee has approved a fragment from Tchaikovsky’s Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1, the ROC In December 2020, the ...