Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Hamid Mir's reputation as one of Pakistan's most revered -- and loathed -- journalists has come into focus amid a public debate over who riddled his body with bullets.
Financial aid is sometimes delayed when donors are concerned about corruption. Here are five tips from antigraft watchdogs on how recipient countries can clean up their act.
Ukrainian troops in Crimea face a dilemma. Should they abandon their lives on the peninsula and move to an uncertain future on the Ukrainian mainland? Or should they become Russian citizens in order to stay?
A controversial Russian memorial plaque in a Prague cemetery has been removed after complaints that it honored the Soviet-led troops who invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Legal disputes between Kyiv and Moscow are bound to emerge in the days ahead over the legality of Crimea's expected secession and its annexation by Russia.
China's position on Russia's Crimea incursion is receiving attention ahead of an expected vote on a draft UN Security Council resolution that criticizes Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Officials in Kyiv have warned that Russian military forces are massing on Ukraine's borders "in an offensive manner" and suggested they could be preparing for an invasion in the country's east.
The Kremlin has stepped up efforts to win over Crimean Tatars ahead a referendum on March 16 on whether the Black Sea peninsula should become part of Russia.
Tatars in the central Crimean town of Bakhchysaray -- once the cultural center and seat of government for Crimean Tatars -- say their community is being intimidated by pro-Russia thugs who are trying to either scare them into fleeing the region, or to provoke a violent backlash.
The parliament in Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea has voted to join Russia as local officials announced a referendum to confirm the decision would be held in 10 days' time. How did the region coordinate efforts with Russian lawmakers in Moscow to facilitate the Kremlin's annexation of the strategic peninsula?
From former Soviet republics in the Baltics and Central Asia to the ex-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, there is renewed wariness about Russia as a result of the Kremlin's military incursion into Crimea.
There has been much speculation about Russian forces deployed in Crimea since February 28.
With tensions rising in Crimea and pro-Russian forces controlling the peninsula's main airports, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on Russia to "not violate the Budapest Memorandum." So what is the Budapest Memorandum and what does it have to do with Crimea?
Scientists in Uzbekistan say they will soon begin genetically testing children in search of future Olympic athletes. But is Uzbekistan's plan really a good idea? And is it even good science?
Syria has become a magnet for foreign jihadists seeking to wage holy war. RFE/RL correspondents Ron Synovitz and Elenora Beishenbek take a closer look at how an increasing number of Central Asians are being radicalized and recruited to fight there.
Pakistan's transgender community recently has won legal battles that bolster their basic rights. But during the past week the community in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar has been targeted by a wave of violence aimed at driving them from their homes.
As Czech voters prepare to elect a new parliament this week, the Communist Party appears poised for a level of political influence it hasn’t enjoyed since before the 1989 Velvet Revolution brought down Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted for the marketing of electronic cigarettes to be regulated in the same way as tobacco. But the draft law still must be approved by the European Council, which wants e-cigarettes classified as medicinal devices. That sets the stage for a Brussels debate over e-cigarettes in the months ahead.
A new report finds that 35 percent of Russia's household wealth is owned by just 110 people.
Latvia is planning to limit a three-year-old program that offers Schengen visa rights to foreign investors. While officials say the program attracts investment to a battered economy, critics question where the money ends up.
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