Russia standup comic Aleksandr Dolgopolov, 25, (pictured) fled for Israel in January after his jokes about Christianity and President Vladimir…
Russia & Eastern Europe
Activists take on Russian facial-recognition cameras
Russia’s use of facial-recognition technology is being challenged by an activist in court. Alyona Popova says the cameras pose a…
Russia’s Crimean chiefs handed fresh US sanctions
The US and Canada have imposed sanctions against eight people and a railway company for violating Ukrainian sovereignty over their…
Russian transgender woman has conviction overturned
A Russian court has overturned a guilty verdict that jailed a transgender woman for three years in 2019 for sharing…
Giant Russia church planned near czar’s murder site
A well-known Russian priest is planning to build the world’s largest Orthodox church near the site where Russia’s last czar…
Putin faces backlash amid Russian shakeup
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the new Russian government, including a new economy minister and deputy prime minister, but…
20 Jan 2020
The African footballers stuck on Europe’s periphery
Having recently been crowned the CAF 2019 Player of the Year, Senegalese attacker Sadio Mané represents the pinnacle of what…
20 Jan 2020
Azerbaijan remembers 1990 Soviet massacre
19 Jan 2020
Auschwitz to mark 75th anniversary of liberation
18 Jan 2020
Ukraine PM resignation rejected after recording mishap
16 Jan 2020
Putin unveils package to boost Russian birth rate
15 Jan 2020
Russia’s GRU hacks Ukraine gas firm Burisma: US cyber report
12 Jan 2020
Russia hails nuclear-capable missile deployments
10 Jan 2020
Russian troops on Turkmen-Afghan border: claim
9 Jan 2020
Putin and Erdogan demand Libyan ceasefire
8 Jan 2020