Orthodox Christians mark the Epiphany and Shi'a Muslims mark the Arbain festival.
Anna Chapman is making her TV debut "solving the world's most complicated mysteries." But for the in-demand Russian agent, at least one mystery is already solved -- what to do when that spy gig doesn't work out.
The attempt on the life of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head on January 8, has shocked and saddened Americans. It has been more than three decades since a member of the U.S. Congress was felled by an assassin's bullet.
Media freedom mourned in Hungary as Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas.
Dozens of people have been detained during anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The traditional end-of-month demonstrations are meant to assert their right to gather under the Russian Constitution.
Belarusian authorities have started to release people detained during a postelection demonstration on December 19.
A court in Moscow has found jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of embezzlement and money laundering in a trial many said was a test of the country's authoritarian regime. Khodorkovsky was set be released from a first term of imprisonment next year but is now expected to remain behind bars several more years.
The rally in downtown Moscow on December 26 was organized by civil groups in reaction to rioting on December 11 when thousands of nationalists and football fans poured into the streets chanting, "Russia for Russians."
RFE/RL writer at large James Kirchick reports from the scene of a police crackdown in Belarus as thousands protested the reelection of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Police in Belarus beat demonstrators with batons and rounded up opposition leaders in a violent crackdown after an election on December 19 that returned incumbent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka for a fourth term with 80 percent of the vote.
In the run-up to the December 19 presidential election, our Belarus Service asked readers to submit their photos of campaigning and voting for its "People and Elections" competition. Here are some of our top picks.
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