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Austin Malloy

Austin Malloy joined RFE/RL as a multimedia editor in June 2022. He was previously head of multimedia at The Kyiv Post in Ukraine. Before that he spent three years covering the post-Soviet region as a Moscow-based video journalist, working primarily with Voice Of America. He holds an MA in international studies from the University of Washington's Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.

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November 21, 2024
'We're Scared': Frontline Ukrainian Residents Prepare To Leave Amid Russian Strikes On Kupyansk

The Russian Army is positioned only a few kilometers from Kupyansk, a city in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where some 4,000 people still live. Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko spoke with locals about how they manage to live in the embattled city amid daily Russian attacks.
November 21, 2024
Eco-Friendly Flies In Kazakhstan Devour Food Waste In Fight Against Garbage Pollution (Video)

A biotechnologist in Kazakhstan has raised an army of trash-eating flies to help clean up the country's waste problems. In Kazakhstan, around 40 percent of food waste, is sent to landfills. This fly farm processes 15-20 tons of organic waste per month and turns it into fertilizer.
November 19, 2024
'No More Emotions': Frontline Ukrainian Soldiers Reflect On 1,000 Days Of War

As their country marks 1,000 days of war, Ukrainian soldiers on the front line spoke with Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko about the ongoing conflict with Russia. Dmytro, a Ukrainian soldier, said when the war started he had no fear, but after years of fighting, he says he has no emotions.
November 16, 2024
Ukrainian Cop Survives Azovstal, Russian Captivity To Police Embattled Frontline City

A Ukrainian police officer from Mariupol has returned to service in the embattled Donetsk region after being captured during the siege of the Azovstal steel plant and spending months in a prison camp run by Russian forces.
November 11, 2024
Pakistanis' Passion For Chinese Solar Panels Worries State Power Supplier

Grappling with the most expensive electricity prices in South Asia, many Pakistanis are going off-grid and turning to low-cost solar panels from China. But the shift to solar risks creating a new fiscal crisis for the government.
November 06, 2024
Ukrainians In Embattled Regions React To Trump Election Win

Residents of the embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk reacted to the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. "Trump promised to help bring peace to Ukraine," one local told RFE/RL. "We want to believe him."
November 06, 2024
Ukrainians In Embattled Regions React To Trump Election Victory

Residents of the embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk reacted to the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. "Trump promised to help bring peace to Ukraine," one local told RFE/RL. "We want to believe him."
October 27, 2024
RFE/RL Journalists Among Georgian Reporters Threatened While Covering Pivotal Elections

Georgian journalists said they faced intimidation and violence while covering the country's crucial parliamentary elections on October 26. European election observers said on October 27 that the vote took place in a “divisive” environment with widespread intimidation and instances of violence.
October 27, 2024
Georgia's Pro-Western Opposition Refuses To Recognize Election Results As Ruling Party Leads

Georgia's pro-Western opposition leaders say they will not recognize the results of the country's parliamentary elections. The country's ruling Georgian Dream party won just over 54 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Georgia's opposition parties received around 37 percent.
October 18, 2024
Brutal Russian Prisons Driving Inmates To Fight In Ukraine

Increasingly oppressive conditions inside Russian prisons are driving desperate inmates to enlist in the military to fight in Ukraine. Speaking to RFE/RL from behind bars in Russia, a Kyrgyz inmate said that many convicts enlist because they cannot endure such harsh prison conditions.
October 10, 2024
'Friendship Bridge' Highlights Gulf Between NATO's Estonia And Russia

The Friendship Bridge was once a busy crossing between Estonia and Russia. Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Estonia has had to beef up its security, but keeping Russia out is difficult. Most ethnic Russians in Narva watch Kremlin TV, and Moscow has ramped up cyberattacks on its NATO neighbor.
September 30, 2024
'It's A Sad Day': Austrian Opposition Reacts To Far-Right Election Victory

Austria's far-right, anti-immigration Freedom Party won the country's parliamentary elections on September 29. It's the first far-right victory in a national election in postwar Austria. RFE/RL's Andi Mioc was in Vienna, where opposition supporters expressed concern over the Freedom Party's victory.
September 30, 2024
Kickl's Far-Right Freedom Party Wins Historic Austrian Vote

The anti-immigrant Freedom Party has outperformed polls to win national elections in Austria in a historic showing that underscores far-right gains in Europe but could still leave it in opposition with more mainstream parties battling to keep it out of government.
September 28, 2024
Austria's Migrants Fear Far-Right Victory In Tight Parliamentary Election Race

Austria's far-right, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) holds a narrow lead over the conservative OVP in the run-up to the country's September 29 general election. The vote comes amid growing concerns in the migrant community over the FPO's agenda, which includes deporting migrants.
September 28, 2024
Specter Of Right-Wing Election Win 'Terrifies' Austria's Immigrants

Austrian voters this weekend could make Herbert Kickl’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party the first far-right grouping to win an election there since World War II. Immigrants in the capital, Vienna, told RFE/RL that they’re “very scared.”
September 27, 2024
Austria's Far Right Holds Final Election Rally Amid Opposition Protests

Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) held its final pre-election rally ahead of the parliamentary vote amid opposition protests in Vienna. The FPO holds a narrow lead going into the election on September 29. RFE/RL spoke with FPO supporters and demonstrators who came to protest the far-right.
August 25, 2024
Ukrainian Women Take Up New Jobs Amid Wartime Labor Shortage

From electricians to truck drivers to road maintenance workers, more and more Ukrainian women have been taking up technical jobs or manual labor. Some sectors, like farming, face a 60 percent labor shortage after a large number of male workers were mobilized to fight in the military.
August 22, 2024
'I Cry Every Day': Ukrainians Scramble To Evacuate Areas Near Pokrovsk As Russians Advance

Ukrainian authorities scrambled to evacuate residents from the town of Myrnohrad in the eastern Donetsk region as Russian troops advance. Located only a few kilometers from Pokrovsk, which local authorities fear could soon fall, about 1,500 residents of Myrnohrad were evacuated on August 20.
August 21, 2024
Kyrgyz Women Craft Woolen Wonders Using Centuries-Old Tradition

Intricate woolen carpets made in western Kyrgyzstan's Leilek district stand out as a unique regional art form in the one of the country's most remote regions, where there are few opportunities for local women. With the help of online marketing, the carpets showcase the country's traditional culture.
August 14, 2024
Sumy Village Official Emotional As Families Near Russian Border Uprooted Amid Ukraine Incursion

Ukraine has restricted civilian movements in a 20-kilometer area in the Sumy region bordering Russia, where heavy fighting is under way. Olena Sima is the mayor in the village of Yunakivka. She told RFE/RL that she's worried about the people in her community who remain in the area.

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