https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:04:01 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Residents of Daghestan in southern Russia were evacuating their homes as major floods swept through the region. The disaster is the result of record rainfall combined with melting snow from the mountains, but some residents also blame local officials for mismanaging the region's infrastructure. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-daghestan-floods-emergency/33723519.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-daghestan-floods-emergency/33723519.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:24:48 +0200 North CaucasusRussiaVideo ArchiveVideos A Russian court has banned the Oscar-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, a documentary about wartime propaganda in a Russian provincial school that officials claim promotes extremism and antigovernment sentiment. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bans-oscar-documentary-mr-nobody-against-putin/33716947.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bans-oscar-documentary-mr-nobody-against-putin/33716947.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:13:11 +0100 News Two Russian major ports were pounded by drones over three days as Moscow and Kyiv continued to exchange hundreds of air strikes, marking a spike in fighting as peace talks appear to be stalling despite Ukraine's attempt to revive the issue in Florida last week. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-ports-oil-war/33716185.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-ports-oil-war/33716185.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:56:56 +0100 UkraineNewsRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories The governments of five European countries on February 14 released a statement saying that they are confident that the Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin not found naturally in Russia -- a poisoning that led to his death in a Russian prison two years ago. https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-poison-frog-toxin-death/33678392.html https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-poison-frog-toxin-death/33678392.html Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:59:39 +0100 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories Russian law enforcement agencies have detained a suspect and his alleged accomplice in an apparent assassination attempt on the deputy chief of the GRU military intelligence agency, Vladimir Alekseyev, Russian media reported on February 7. https://www.rferl.org/a/general-alekseyev-assassination-russia-intelligence-gru-ukraine-war/33672037.html https://www.rferl.org/a/general-alekseyev-assassination-russia-intelligence-gru-ukraine-war/33672037.html Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:55:53 +0100 NewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukraine, Russia, and the United States, after two days of "constructive" peace talks in Abu Dhabi, are set to resume negotiations in the United Arab Emirates capital next week, even as the war itself showed no signs of letup. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-peace-uae-kharkiv-kyiv/33658854.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-peace-uae-kharkiv-kyiv/33658854.html Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:40:51 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine Ukraine has condemned a massive Russian attack overnight and into January 24 as an attempt to upend peace negotiations in the United Arab Emirates aimed at ending the nearly four-year-long full-scale war. https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-ukraine-attacks-abu-dhabi-talks/33658391.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-ukraine-attacks-abu-dhabi-talks/33658391.html Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:26:55 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russia has freed imprisoned French researcher Laurent Vinatier in exchange for a Russian basketball player held in France and wanted in the United States for alleged ties to a computer hacking group. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-france-prisoner-swap-vinatier-kasatkin/33643375.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-france-prisoner-swap-vinatier-kasatkin/33643375.html Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:37:10 +0100 NewsRussia Multiple drones hit the Russian port city of Temryuk overnight, igniting fuel tanks and damaging industrial facilities, authorities said. The strike came as Russia launched a large wave of nighttime drone attacks across Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-oil-tanks-fire-temryuk-drones/33632522.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-oil-tanks-fire-temryuk-drones/33632522.html Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:33:11 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline Russian forces launched one of their largest drone assaults in weeks overnight, striking multiple regions across Ukraine and inflicting more damage to the country’s energy network. https://www.rferl.org/a/energy-russian-strikes-ukraine/33631722.html https://www.rferl.org/a/energy-russian-strikes-ukraine/33631722.html Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:54:08 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Amid steps to expand control over online communications, the Russian government has unveiled a new package of digital security measures that would sharply restrict international phone calls being made to people inside the country. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-calls-internet-access-restrictions-whatsapp-digital/33619273.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-calls-internet-access-restrictions-whatsapp-digital/33619273.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:24:20 +0100 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories Efforts to find a resolution to halt Russia's nearly 4-year-old war on Ukraine appear to hit a brick wall after a Moscow meeting between US negotiators and President Vladimir Putin as Kremlin and Russian officials signal little willingness to back down from hard-line demands. https://www.rferl.org/a/33612090.html https://www.rferl.org/a/33612090.html Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:59:52 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine US special envoy Steve Witkoff has flown back to the United States following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin without meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the Kremlin leader's position on a US draft peace proposal. https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-witkoff-putin-peace-proposal-trump/33611074.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-witkoff-putin-peace-proposal-trump/33611074.html Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:49:15 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Former RFE/RL contributor Nika Novak, who was sentenced to prison last year by a Russian court for carrying out her professional duties, has disappeared from a Siberian correctional colony, her lawyer said. https://www.rferl.org/a/missing-journalist-nika-novak-disappears-siberian-prison/33610211.html https://www.rferl.org/a/missing-journalist-nika-novak-disappears-siberian-prison/33610211.html Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:41:12 +0100 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories Russian air strikes pounded Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine overnight, killing several people and wounding dozens of others -- including a pregnant woman -- as Moscow continues to hit civilian infrastructure. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-attacks-kyiv-ukraine-invasion-deaths/33591664.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-attacks-kyiv-ukraine-invasion-deaths/33591664.html Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:28:26 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline Russia carried out a large, overnight combined strike using drones and missiles across multiple Ukrainian regions, with officials emphasizing that energy infrastructure and civilian facilities were key targets. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-energy-missiles-drones-outage/33584760.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-energy-missiles-drones-outage/33584760.html Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:57:50 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories President Vladimir Putin said Russia has successfully tested the nuclear-powered, nuclear-weapon capable Burevestnik cruise missile. https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-nuclear-powered-burevestnik-missile/33570798.html https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-nuclear-powered-burevestnik-missile/33570798.html Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:48:46 +0100 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories Exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky and several other prominent Russian opposition figures have been accused by the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) of creating a "terrorist organization" and of plotting to violently seize power. https://www.rferl.org/a/khodorkovsky-terrorist-organization-pave-navalny/33559498.html https://www.rferl.org/a/khodorkovsky-terrorist-organization-pave-navalny/33559498.html Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:46:54 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories President Vladimir Putin, in his most candid admission to date, admitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that Russia played a role in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed at least 38 people. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-azerbaijan-ukraine-putin-plane-crash/33555688.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-azerbaijan-ukraine-putin-plane-crash/33555688.html Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:30:05 +0200 AzerbaijanRussiaThe Rundown Stories Germany’s Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party in Hamburg has expelled local member Robert Risch from the city council after imagery analyzed by RFE/RL showed he attended a far-right forum in Russia that brought together extreme right-wing politicians. https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-russia-afd-hamburg-far-right-risch/33554639.html https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-russia-afd-hamburg-far-right-risch/33554639.html Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:41:12 +0200 RussiaThe Rundown Stories