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Opposition supporters and ordinary people in several cities across Russia on February 27 marked eight years since opposition leader Boris Nemtsov's assassination, amid an increased police presence.
Russian political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky, a one-time adviser of President Vladimir Putin, has died, Current Time reports.
Mobilized Russians from the Irkutsk region fighting in eastern Ukraine have issued a video message appealing to President Vladimir Putin, complaining they have been getting sent "to be slaughtered" since they were "illegally" placed under the command of Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk.
Police in Bishkek have fined four Russian citizens after they marked the first anniversary of Moscow's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by honoring victims of the conflict on February 24.
The European Union must continue and speed up its support for Ukraine as it fights to defends itself against the full-scale invasion that Russia launched one year ago, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told RFE/RL in an interview.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on February 23 that a Su-25 military plane crashed in the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has submitted a resolution to lawmakers endorsing a decision by his National Security and Defense Council to impose sweeping sanctions against Russian financial institutions, including the Russian central bank, insurers, and a host of other enterprises.
Streets in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, are being renamed in honor of soldiers who lost their lives defending the country against Russia's invasion. Current Time correspondent Yulia Zhukova walked along the recently renamed streets and spoke with the loved ones of the fallen soldiers.
A court in Russia has stopped a posthumous case against Maksim Martsinkevich, a notorious Russian ultranationalist who died while in detention in 2020, at the request of his parents, the family’s lawyer, Aleksei Mikhalchik, said on February 22.
Tensions remained high on February 22 over Russia's decision to suspend its last nuclear arms treaty with the United States, although Russian and U.S. officials shared starkly differing interpretations going forward as lawmakers in Moscow finalized their interruption of the 2010 New START treaty.
Vyacheslav Yalov's mother died in his arms after she was hit by Russian shelling as they walked home together in the village of Verkhnotoretske in Ukraine's Donetsk region in 2022. Yalov, who has just turned 19, is now the guardian of his four siblings.
U.S. President Joe Biden has left Kyiv after spending more than five hours in the Ukrainian capital in a visit to underscore Washington's support for Ukraine just days ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of its neighbor, a move that has rattled global security.
The documentary Navalny, directed by Canadian director Daniel Roer, has won the BAFTA, Britain's premier film award, for best documentary.
While familiar with Soviet-era T-72 tanks, Ukrainian forces are keen to take newly acquired Leopard 2 tanks into battle against Russian invaders. Crews are undergoing accelerated training in Poland, mastering the advanced targeting systems, speed, and maneuverability of the German-made Leopards.
A court in western Belarus has sentenced a man to two years in prison for insulting Belarusian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
The former president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Rene Fasel, has obtained Russian citizenship.
The city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's Donetsk region is just a few kilometers from the frontline city of Bakhmut. While Ukrainian troops are battling to retain control of a critical road linking the two cities, residents of Chasiv Yar are preparing for evacuation or war.
A South Korean court has allowed entrance into the country to two of five Russian men stranded at an airport near Seoul, according to South Korean media reports.
Current Time reporter Borys Sachalko was with a Ukrainian frontline unit as reports came in of Russian troops advancing toward it. Using an armored personnel carrier, a rocket launcher, and small arms, the Ukrainians held the line.
A new exhibition of anti-war posters in St. Petersburg by the veteran Russian artist and activist Yelena Osipova has been closed the day after it opened after police confiscated all the works. Speaking to RFE/RL, she said her protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine would continue.
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