https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2024 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:34:24 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL The mayor of the Russian city of Biisk in Siberia, Viktor Shchigrev, said on January 26 that the entire city, except for one district, has lost access to cold water due to "pipeline damage." https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-city-siberia-water-crisis-pipeline-damage/32792936.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-city-siberia-water-crisis-pipeline-damage/32792936.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:20:11 +0000 NewsRussia The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to rule on January 26 on whether to issue an emergency ruling that would order Israel to immediately halt its military operations in the Gaza Strip in a case filed by South Africa claiming it was committing genocide. https://www.rferl.org/a/icj-emergency-ruling-israel-genocide-south-africa/32792783.html https://www.rferl.org/a/icj-emergency-ruling-israel-genocide-south-africa/32792783.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:46:42 +0000 News A Moscow court on January 26 rejected the latest appeal by U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich over his pretrial detention on an espionage charge that he, his employer The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and the U.S. government reject. https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-court-rejects-reporter-gershkovich-appeal-/32792726.html https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-court-rejects-reporter-gershkovich-appeal-/32792726.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:12:55 +0000 NewsRussia Russia last year imported $1.7 billion worth of foreign-made microchips despite international sanctions meant to prevent Moscow from obtaining advanced technology that can be used for military purposes in its war in Ukraine, Bloomberg said, citing classified Russian customs service data. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-imported-1-billion-microchips-us-europe/32792711.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-imported-1-billion-microchips-us-europe/32792711.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:06:02 +0000 NewsRussiaRussia Invades Ukraine The European Union and United States on January 25 slammed Belarus for a series of political raids this week as rights groups said more than 150 people were detained or interrogated by the Belarusian security service in a single day. https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-us-slam-belarus-mass-arrests-interrogations/32792684.html https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-us-slam-belarus-mass-arrests-interrogations/32792684.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:48:32 +0000 NewsBelarusCrisis In Belarus Six countries of the former Yugoslavia have agreed to renovate a barracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp run by the Nazis that housed nearly 20,000 Yugoslavs during World War II, the UN's cultural agency said on January 25. https://www.rferl.org/a/former-yugoslavia-countries-to-renovate-auschwitz-barracks/32792673.html https://www.rferl.org/a/former-yugoslavia-countries-to-renovate-auschwitz-barracks/32792673.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:39:06 +0000 NewsBosnia-HerzegovinaSerbiaNorth Macedonia A Huthi delegation made a rare visit to Moscow on January 25 to discuss "the need to increase efforts to pressure" the United States and Israel to end the war in Gaza, a spokesman for the Yemeni rebels said. https://www.rferl.org/a/huthis-moscow-talks-pressure-us-israel-gaza/32792628.html https://www.rferl.org/a/huthis-moscow-talks-pressure-us-israel-gaza/32792628.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:04:56 +0000 NewsRussia A Russian national has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison for his involvement in malicious software known as Trickbot used in ransomware attacks on U.S. hospitals, schools, and businesses, the U.S. Justice Department said on January 25. https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-development-trickbot-malware-sentenced-us/32792620.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-development-trickbot-malware-sentenced-us/32792620.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:00:18 +0000 NewsRussia RFE/RL's Ukraine Live Briefing gives you the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. The Live Briefing presents the latest developments and analysis, updated throughout the day. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:09:00 +0000 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades Ukraine A day after a Russian military jet went down in the country's Belgorod region, questions remain over the cause of the crash and who was on board. Russia claims Ukraine took down the plane, which Moscow says was transporting 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Ukrainian officials cast doubt on the presence of prisoners and are seeking an international investigation into the crash. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-plane-crash-ukraine/32792049.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-plane-crash-ukraine/32792049.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:35:59 +0000 RussiaUkraineVideo ArchiveVideos Russian opposition candidate Boris Nadezhdin, running for President Vladimir Putin's job in the March elections, says the war on Ukraine has been a disaster. Nadezhdin has collected the legally required 100,000 signatures for his nomination as a candidate for Russian president, he says. Past opposition candidates now in jail or in exile have also endorsed Nadezhdin. https://www.rferl.org/a/nadezhdin-president-election-campaign-russia-moscow-yerevan-ukraine-war-putin-signatures/32792028.html https://www.rferl.org/a/nadezhdin-president-election-campaign-russia-moscow-yerevan-ukraine-war-putin-signatures/32792028.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:42:41 +0000 RussiaUkraineVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Turkey has published a measure approving Sweden's membership in NATO in its official gazette, finalizing the ratification that brings the previously nonaligned country a step closer to joining the alliance. https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-sweden-nato-membership-hungary/32792018.html https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-sweden-nato-membership-hungary/32792018.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:06:26 +0000 NewsHungary RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva spent her 100th day in a Russian jail on January 25, and despite pressure to designate her as wrongfully detained as it has other U.S. citizens held in Russia, the U.S. State Department appears no closer doing so. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kurmasheva-rferl-journalist-us-designation/32791933.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kurmasheva-rferl-journalist-us-designation/32791933.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:05:16 +0000 NewsRussia The Taliban has said it will grant the equivalent of high school diplomas and bachelor's and master's degrees to thousands of madrasah graduates. The move is seen as an attempt to undermine secular education in Afghanistan.  https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-madrasahs-taliban-secular-education-degrees-diplomas/32791896.html https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-madrasahs-taliban-secular-education-degrees-diplomas/32791896.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:15:28 +0000 AfghanistanFeaturesHuman Rights The prime minister of North Macedonia and his cabinet on January 25 submitted their resignations to parliament, clearing the way for a caretaker government to be installed ahead of general elections in May. https://www.rferl.org/a/north-macedonia-government-residents-roadmap-elections/32791873.html https://www.rferl.org/a/north-macedonia-government-residents-roadmap-elections/32791873.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:50:25 +0000 NewsNorth MacedoniaBulgaria Activists in Iran and abroad have announced plans to go on hunger strike in protest against a rise in the clerical establishment's use of the death penalty, including the execution of a 23-year-old protester who was diagnosed with a mental condition. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-dissidents-hunger-strike-protest-executions/32791833.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-dissidents-hunger-strike-protest-executions/32791833.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:14:21 +0000 IranNewsHuman Rights Britain and the United States said they had sanctioned four senior Iranian-backed Huthi officials for their roles in supporting or directing attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. https://www.rferl.org/a/uk-us-sanction-senior-huthis-red-sea-attacks/32791791.html https://www.rferl.org/a/uk-us-sanction-senior-huthis-red-sea-attacks/32791791.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:38:57 +0000 NewsIran The U.S. government provided Iran with a “private warning” about a terrorist threat within its borders ahead of a deadly attack earlier this month that killed more than 80 people, a U.S. official said on January 2 https://www.rferl.org/a/us-secretly-tipped-off-iran-deadly-islamic-state-attack/32791784.html https://www.rferl.org/a/us-secretly-tipped-off-iran-deadly-islamic-state-attack/32791784.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:30:36 +0000 IranNews A day after a Russian military cargo jet exploded in a fireball not far from the Ukrainian border, there’s still major uncertainty about why it crashed, whether it was shot down, and what exactly was on the plane. Here’s what we know so far.   https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ii-76-crash-explainer-ukraine-pows/32791736.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ii-76-crash-explainer-ukraine-pows/32791736.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:22:36 +0000 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine A meeting between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, scheduled for January 29 will be "related to the preparation of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's visit to Ukraine," Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna told RFE/RL on January 25. https://www.rferl.org/a/hungarian-ukrainian-fms-to-prepare-talks-between-orban-zelenskiy-/32791766.html https://www.rferl.org/a/hungarian-ukrainian-fms-to-prepare-talks-between-orban-zelenskiy-/32791766.html Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:18:55 +0000 NewsUkraineHungary