Hundreds of Russians have been handed yearslong prison terms under new censorship laws that assign severe penalties for discussing the invasion of Ukraine. Here are eight of the ordinary people who have had their lives upended by the new legislation.
Floodwaters continue to rise across Russia and Kazakhstan as major rivers burst their banks resulting in some of the worst flooding in decades.
Every week, memorial services are held in the heart of Kyiv for fallen Ukrainian soldiers. Two best friends -- who fought and died side by side in eastern Ukraine -- were honored a day before parliament passed a new mobilization law to boost the country's dwindling troop numbers.
Before-and-after satellite imagery reveals the floodwaters that have forced thousands of residents to evacuate from the Russian city of Orsk.
Worshippers are marking the conclusion of the monthlong dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan with a three-day celebration known as Eid al-Fitr.
Satellite imagery reveals the floodwaters that have forced thousands of residents to evacuate along multiple rivers and tributaries of the Ural River in the Orenburg region of Russia, near the Kazakh border.
Two years after Russian forces retreated from the Kyiv region, RFE/RL photojournalist Serhiy Nuzhnenko revisited the same sites he photographed then to see what reconstruction efforts look like outside Ukraine's major cities.
Floodwaters continue to rise in the aftermath of a burst dam in the Russian city of Orsk in the Ural Mountains. Investigators have launched a criminal investigation into the dam's construction.
Restoration work has begun on a fourth-century fortress from Tbilisi's storied architectural and historic past.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 14th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
Located 6 meters underground, the first purpose-built "bunker school" designed to shield students from Russian bombardment is now ready for students in Ukraine's second-largest city.
Several devices designed during the Cold War to kill, injure, or monoitor adversaries might have been dismissed as urban legends if examples had not been documented in photos.
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