Stay updated with breaking news from Andy Heil. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Since boarding a one-way flight from Moscow to Bulgaria on the second day of the war, 26-year-old Russian Aleksandr Stotsky has spent nearly eight months condemning Putin and his policies. Is that enough for asylum?
Jakub Kalensky has closely followed a decade of Kremlin aggression from the forefront of Euro-Atlantic efforts to counter Russian "hybrid warfare." He talked to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about nuclear threats, Moscow's disinformation success, and phrases "straight out of Hitler's notebook."
In his first interview since a surprise shout-out from EU policy chief Josep Borrell, analyst Olivier Schmitt talked to RFE/RL about the threat from decoupled prosperity and security, Putin's calculus in Ukraine, and the problem with leaders like Hungary's Viktor Orban.
Residents fear for their health amid Chisinau's appeasement of a smoke-belching steel mill across the river in Moldova's separatist region.
Education authorities are scrutinizing textbooks after right-wingers teamed up with the powerful Orthodox Church to challenge a recently introduced syllabus and textbooks that they claim are overly indulgent on gender issues.