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Health-care workers in Kyrgyzstan are experiencing a surge in physical assaults by the angry relatives of some patients, leaving several doctors and nurses with severe injuries. The situation has prompted calls for parliament to create special penalties for people who target medical personnel.
Russia's Interior Ministry on March 6 added Washington-based British journalist Tom Rogan to its wanted list on unspecified criminal charges.
Ukrainian officials reported that a Russian missile strike on the northeastern city of Sumy caused an unknown number of civilian injuries and deaths in the latest in a series of intensified deadly Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure sites.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has indicted Russian military commanders Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov for alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine. The two face charges of attacking civilian targets including Ukraine's electricity infrastructure.
At least four Moscow residents were reportedly detained on March 5 for laying flowers to honor late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who died in prison last month.
The Main Directorate of Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) said high-tech Ukrainian sea drones struck and "sunk" the Russian patrol vessel Sergei Kotov off the coast of occupied Crimea in what appears to be the latest sinking of a Russian ship well behind enemy lines.
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.
Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who is serving an 8 1/2-year prison term for his criticism of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, has been labeled as "inclined to spread extremism" and faces tighter controls in prison, his Telegram channel said on March 4.
In the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, members of the country's ethnic Persian minority organize lavish weddings, spending thousands of dollars on the event. People will spend years in Russia working as migrant laborers to save up for these nuptials before returning to Uzbekistan.
Russia launched a wave of drone strikes early on March 2 on three Ukrainian regions -- Odesa, Mykolayiv, and Kharkiv -- killing at least four people, wounding several others, and causing material damage, regional officials said.
An explosion occurred on March 2 in a five-story apartment building in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, with the local media saying the blast was caused by a Ukrainian drone.
People continued to come and pay their respects on March 2 at the grave of Aleksei Navalny, who was buried in Moscow on March 1 following his suspicious death in an Arctic prison last month, despite a high police presence at the cemetery and the arrest of more than 120 people across Russia.
Thousands of people bade farewell to Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny as he was laid to rest in Moscow on March 1. Amid a heavy security presence, crowds chanted his name and political slogans.
Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison under mysterious circumstances, was laid to rest in a cemetery near his childhood home in Moscow as police kept tens of thousands of supporters from joining in the funeral service and burial.
A funeral in Moscow for Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny is scheduled for March 1, two weeks after his suspicious death in a remote prison. Warning of a potential police crackdown on Navalny's supporters, the Department One legal rights group has published tips on how to avoid detention.
After capturing the town of Maryinka in Ukraine's Donetsk region in December, the Russian military is now advancing on the nearby town of Kurakhove. Most of the population has left, but local police still have work to do catching looters and preventing residents from entering dangerous areas.
Aleksandr Shtefanov, a noted Russian blogger and the author of a documentary about Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, fled Russia fearing for his safety.
Ben Rhodes, who was a top adviser and speechwriter for U.S. President Barack Obama, argues that Russian President Vladimir Putin faces numerous, still-unknown threats despite his efforts to silence the opposition.
A funeral service for the late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny will be held on March 1 at a Moscow church near his home. Addressing the European Parliament on February 28, Yulia Navalnaya, his widow, said Navalny's body had been "abused" after his death.
Associates of late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny say they can't find a location in the Russian capital that will allow them to organize a public farewell ceremony for the Kremlin critic after his mother said she was being blackmailed by officials to hold a secret commemoration.
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