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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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December 21, 2024
What's Next For Georgia's Presidential Crisis As Inauguration Day Nears

A showdown is looming over Georgia's presidency as the December 29 inauguration day nears for far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili. Current president, Salome Zurabishvili, has called the appointment "illegitimate," and says she'll refuse to leave office after Kavelashvili is sworn in.
December 12, 2024
Georgian Activist Decorates Tbilisi Christmas Tree With Images Of People Beaten At Protests

Georgian protester Anamaria Tavartkiladze has volunteered to decorate the country's main Christmas tree in Tbilisi with images of people beaten amid ongoing mass demonstrations. The recent college graduate said she's hanging the posters as a way to "protest the authoritarian regime in Georgia."
December 09, 2024
'Targets': Georgian Journalists Beaten By Masked Men Amid Ongoing Protests

Journalists in Georgia have been violently attacked while covering mass protests after the ruling party announced a delay in membership talks with the European Union. The attacks have been blamed on "titushky," a word meaning mercenaries hired by the authorities to beat and harass opponents.
December 07, 2024
Georgian Police Continue Crackdown On Pro-European Protests In Tbilisi

Pro-European demonstrators shot fireworks at Georgia's parliament during ongoing protests over the prime minister's decision to end accession talks with the European Union. Georgian police are continuing a crackdown on pro-European demonstrators that has included beatings and hundreds of arrests.
December 06, 2024
'We Stopped Our Lives': Georgian Protesters Fatigued But Resilient As Demonstrations Continue

After a week of protests following the Georgian government's decision to suspend EU accession talks through 2028, demonstrators told RFE/RL's Austin Malloy that they're exhausted but determined to continue.
December 06, 2024
Massive Pro-European Protests Continue In Georgia

Massive protests continued in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on December 5, triggered by the ruling party's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union until 2028.
November 27, 2024
Ukraine's Long-Range Attack Drones Help It Strike Deep Inside Russia

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service was given exclusive access to film one of Ukraine's long-range drone units as it prepared to strike a target in Russia. The soldiers say Ukraine's domestically built drones can strike up to 2,000 kilometers inside Russia.
November 23, 2024
'Skin And Bones': Holodomor Survivor Shares Childhood Memories From Stalin-Era Famine

Maryna Shymanska, a 100-year-old Ukrainian woman, spoke about surviving the Holodomor, a Stalin-era famine that killed millions of Ukrainians. Each November, Ukraine remembers victims of the man-made famine that occurred when Soviet authorities seized food to force peasants to join collective farms.
November 21, 2024
Russian Drone Strike Kills Displaced People In Ukrainian Border Region

At least 12 people, including one child, were killed in a Russian air attack on the city of Hlukhiv in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region. The November 19 strike hit a dormitory that housed displaced people who had been evacuated to Hlukhiv from an embattled area closer to the border with Russia.
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.

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