A photo album sitting on the shelves of Ukraine's KGB archives reveals how an amateur U.S. spy was captured, then imprisoned, 60 years ago.
Ukrainians turn to Cold War infrastructure while preparing for the worst amid fears of a Russian invasion.
Just 30 years ago, artillery, tanks, and mortars devastated the Georgian capital.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 50th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
The writing of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch impacted the world, but in his birthplace of Lviv, in western Ukraine, his controversial legacy has not been officially recognized.
Hundreds of people seen as political prisoners are being held in harsh and abusive conditions in Belarusian prisons. A small group of volunteers is doing what it can to lift their spirits with the Free Postcards project. Images shared and approved by the families of prisoners are given to illust
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 49th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
Witnessing the strange, static warfare that is being fought every day in eastern Ukraine.
A new investigation by RFE/RL and its Persian-language service, Radio Farda, sheds new light on the unsolved murder of Iranian dissident artist Fereydoun Farrokhzad, who was brutally stabbed to death in Germany in 1992.
Locals in the town of New York, in eastern Ukraine, describe living with war on their doorstep.
Maxar Technologies, a satellite-imaging company, has released photographs that show a big Russian troop buildup near the Ukrainian border and in Crimea.
Amid concerns about a large Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian border, frontline fighters in the Donbas downplay warnings from Kyiv and Western intelligence agencies that Moscow may be planning a major new offensive.
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