The head of NATO, the German Defense Minister, the Danish intelligence service, and others have warned in 2025 that direct war with Russia may be just a few short years away. Should we be scared – or skeptical? Experts are deeply divided.
Israel is shifting its focus from Iran’s nuclear program to its missile capabilities ahead of Netanyahu’s talks with Trump. Iranian media see this as a pretext for a new war, while analysts say the push reflects effort to extract new concessions from a weakened Tehran.
This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at the significance of a criminal complaint filed against Iran in Argentina for its brutal crackdown on the 2022 protests.
Amid a US push for a deal to end Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin used a high-profile military meeting to label unspecified European leaders “podsvinki,” which roughly translates as young pigs or young swine. Here’s why he said it.
Authorities are pushing hard to get Russians to switch the daily digital lives to Max, a new, state-backed national messenger app that was rolled out in June. Russians are finding creative ways to resist the switch—but it’s getting harder.
The story of the Mikati, an aging tanker currently passing through the English Channel, illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union sanctions regime that now includes some 600 ships.
German police are investigating allegations of beatings and abuse at a Belarusian prison, after a former guard appeared to have settled in a provincial German town.
Prominent Belarus human rights defender Ales Byalyatski knew it was coming. His activist colleagues were being harassed and arrested. He just didn't know when. In an interview with RFE/RL days after his release, the Nobel laureate recounted his ordeal in a Belarusian prison.
European Union sanctions are “slowly but surely” choking Russia’s oil exports -- and are also stepping up in speed and scope, EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan tells RFE/RL in an interview.
Ukraine will on December 16 move a little closer toward getting compensation for the damage caused by Russia since its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
For the first time since 2022, Ukrainian soldiers killed in the conflict will be laid to rest in a new burial area within the grounds of the city's historic Lychakiv Cemetery.
President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree that requires many foreign men who seek permanent residency or citizenship to join the Russian military, RFE/RL has found. The unusual measure is pushing migrants who have built lives in Russia to choose between conscription and leaving the country.
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