The Kremlin held polls for secret candidates in the DNR and LNR. Ukraine says taking part was a crime

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s EU aspirations could further divide opponents to Alexander Lukashenka

Radio Azadliq, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani service, is accused of mismanagement and bias after string of sackings

This year, Russia’s elections include shameless ‘votes’ in Donetsk and Luhansk. Here’s how they're being manipulated

A lot rests on whether Putin’s brutal consolidation of power works out

Chișinău’s plan for its breakaway republic rests on its dream of EU membership and Ukraine winning the war

Three Armenian mothers tell of their struggles after eight months living under Azerbaijan’s restrictions

Ukrainian drone attacks on key Russian targets will likely boost support for Putin and his anti-NATO narrative at home

Solidarity means showing your face and letting Ukrainian miners and trade unionists know they are not alone

Russian state company Rosatom has controlled Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant for months. Why no sanctions?

Humanitarian crisis in the blockaded enclave reaches a tipping point, raising questions over West’s lack of action

Tbilisi’s new ‘Museum of Repressed Writers’ commemorates a prolific poet who took his own life during a Stalinist purge

The murder of Oleg Khorzhan has thrown a spotlight on Moldova’s breakaway region and its struggle against oligarchy

Europe’s energy needs and fear of China mean it wants to forge closer ties and invest more in the region

Small-scale farmers and Indigenous groups say they have again been shut out of the UN Food Systems Summit

In a small town near Russian-held Bakhmut, medics are saving lives against a backdrop of rocket fire

Fast-track trials deliver hefty sentences for petty crimes committed during riots sparked by police killing teenager

Despite floods and fires, both left and right in the US act like environmental disaster isn’t happening

Pamiris are increasingly fleeing Tajikistan, fearing for their lives. But they risk being returned by hostile states

Things may look rosy for NATO today, but climate breakdown, not wars, are the biggest threat to global security