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March 29, 2024
Uzbek Man Says Tajiks Beaten After Moscow Police Rounded Up Central Asians

An ethnic Uzbek living in Russia told Current Time how he and other migrants from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan were detained by Moscow police and interrogated following the attack on an entertainment venue near the Russian capital in which over 140 people were killed.
March 29, 2024
Armenian Banks To Ditch Russian Cards Over U.S. Sanctions

Armenian banks on March 29 said they would stop processing transactions made by Russian Mir payment cards due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
March 29, 2024
Pakistani Official Says China Halts Work On Two Projects After Deadly Attack

Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver this week, a provincial official told AFP on March 29.
March 27, 2024
Iranian Police Chief Sentenced To Death For Killing Protester In 2022

An Iranian court has sentenced a police chief to death after he was charged with killing a man during mass protests in 2022, local media reported on March 27.
March 27, 2024
Why Have Some Central Asians Turned To Islamist Extremism?

Four Tajiks are accused by the Russian authorities of storming a Moscow-region concert hall and killing scores of people. Professor Edward Lemon says Tajiks have been recruited to Islamist extremist groups largely inside Russia, with recruiters often targeting disenfranchised migrants.
March 27, 2024
Ukraine, Georgia Qualify For Euro 2024

Ukraine came from behind to beat Iceland in a play-off to qualify for Euro 2024 on March 26, while Georgia qualified for a first ever major tournament after beating Greece on penalties.
March 25, 2024
Macron Says Islamic State Branch Behind Russia Attack, Also Targeted France

French President Emmanuel Macron on March 25 said France has information that a branch of Islamic State carried out the March 22 attack in a Moscow-area concert hall, warning Russia against using the attack in its war against Ukraine.
March 25, 2024
Moscow Terror Attack Suspects Appear In Court, Amid Signs Of Abuse

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on March 24 formally charged Dalerjon Mirzoev, Saidakram Rajabalizoda, Muhammadsobir Faizov, and Faridun Shamsiddin with committing the mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow on March 22 that killed more than 130 people.
March 24, 2024
4 Killed In Hungary As Rally Car Slams Into Spectators

Four people were killed and several others injured on March 24 when a driver competing in a Hungarian motorsport rally skidded off the road and crashed into spectators, authorities said.
March 23, 2024
Smoke Rises From Russian Concert Venue On The Morning After Deadly Attack

Emergency services were still at the scene and smoke continued to rise from the Crocus City Hall in the Russian city of Krasnogorsk early on March 23, a day after gunmen killed scores of concertgoers inside the building and set it on fire.
March 21, 2024
U.S. Diplomat Warns Pakistan Over Election Irregularities

U.S. relations with Pakistan will suffer if Islamabad does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed, said Donald Lu, the top U.S. diplomat for South Asia.
March 14, 2024
Belarus Halts Lithuanian Imports In Response To Border Closures

Belarus said on March 14 it was blocking a range of imports from Lithuania in retaliation for its neighbor closing two more border checkpoints.
March 14, 2024
U.S. Sees No Sign Russia Planning To Use Nuclear Weapons Despite Putin 'Rhetoric'

The White House said on March 13 it had seen no indications that Moscow is ready to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to deploy them if Russia's sovereignty was threatened.
March 12, 2024
Biden To Reassure Polish Leaders As Ukraine Fears Mount

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House on March 12 to try to reassure key NATO ally Warsaw of Washington's support after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
March 08, 2024
Afghan Exiles Say Taliban Tightening Restrictions On Women

Two exiled Afghan women have told RFE/RL that the Taliban appears to be further tightening restrictions on women in Afghanistan. Speaking ahead of International Women's Day, activists Nargis Sadat and Fawzia Wahdat said that more women were being imprisoned amid a clampdown on female activists.
March 08, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskiy Issues Decree On Discharging Prewar Conscripts

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a decree on March 7 providing for prewar conscripts still serving in the two-year-old war against Russia to be discharged into Ukraine's reserves within the next two months.
March 06, 2024
'If They Kill Me It Changes Nothing,' Navalny Said In Unreleased 2020 Interview

Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, predicted in previously unpublished testimony in 2020 and released on March 6 that his death would change "nothing" and other people would stand in his place.
March 06, 2024
Czechs Snub Cabinet Meeting With Slovakia On Ukraine Rift

The Czech government said on March 6 that it would not hold joint meetings with the Slovak cabinet in the coming months as their views on aid to Ukraine diverged.
March 04, 2024
Navalny Mourners Continue To Pay Respects Despite Police Presence

Supporters have continued to pay tribute to Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny for the fourth straight day since his burial on March 1. Russian political analyst Ruslan Aisin said the "Kremlin couldn't do anything" to stop people from paying their respects to Navalny.
March 04, 2024
U.S. Says Low Turnout In Iranian Elections Another Sign Of 'Discontent'

The United States said on March 4 that low turnout in Iran's election was a new sign of discontent in the country.

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