Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed a decree ending the state-order system for cotton cultivation in a move to end…
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Russia backs up economy amid oil price crash
The Russian ruble has fallen to a four-year low as oil prices crashed after Moscow withdrew from oil production talks…
Czech PM faces protests over conflict of interest probes
Protesters congregated in Prague on Sunday against the Czech Republic’s tycoon prime minister, Andrej Babis, and restrictions on public institutions….
Montenegro president accuses Serbia of sparking religious protests
Montenegro’s president, Milo Djukanovic, says Serbia and Russia are using the Serbian Orthodox Church to undermine the government as the…
Lukashenko vows to defend Belarusian independence
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said his country was “being forced into integration” with Russia while vowing to defend the “sovereignty and…
Independent Uzbek told to move out by landowner
Tashkent’s Ilkhom playhouse, which has long been a sanctuary of free speech, experimental theatre and culture within dictatorial Uzbekistan, this…
Russia denies US coronavirus fake-news claims
Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread panic and disruption about the coronavirus, according…
21 Feb 2020
Putin sacks veteran aide amid Ukraine talks
16 Feb 2020
Zelenskiy pledges to end Ukraine conflict
12 Feb 2020
UK taxpayers to pay Poland to send trash back
11 Feb 2020
Kazakhstan’s ethnic-Chinese minority return from Kyrgyzstan after coronavirus-sparked violence
2 Feb 2020
Pompeo: Kazakhs should reject China and Russia cash
1 Feb 2020
Russia’s Crimean chiefs handed fresh US sanctions
23 Jan 2020
Giant Russia church planned near czar’s murder site
22 Jan 2020
Putin faces backlash amid Russian shakeup
16 Jan 2020