Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
The Ukrainian army is coming under mounting pressure from the government to intervene in the country's political crisis. Here are five things to know about where the military stands.
As recently as February 17, when an amnesty for hundreds of demonstrators went into effect, Ukraine's crisis looked like it was deescalating. But beginning on February 18 at least 25 people died.
Nervous savers have flocked to three banks in Kazakhstan after rumors on social networks said the banks could soon collapse. The incident underlines again the power of social media to move hundreds of people with just a few words, true or false
The next few months could see the endgame of a major contest between the EU and Moscow. The battle is over Russian state energy giant Gazprom's shady practices in Europe.
Three and a half decades after the Islamic Revolution, Iran remains one of the most repressive places a filmmaker can work. So, how did Iran's cinema come to become one of the most critically acclaimed in the world?
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on February 1, Vitali Klitschko, the former world heavyweight boxing champion-cum-lawmaker, called on friends of Ukraine in the West to help Ukraine's democratic movement succeed.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have sparred at a major conference on global security over the future of Ukraine and NATO's planned missile shield.
If there is one common denominator these days in emerging markets, it is turbulence, with many of these countries' economies having to contend with sliding currencies and stockmarket volatility. Here are five things to know about what's behind the turmoil.
Sensible idea, risky timing. That could be the best way to describe Kyiv's decision to depreciate the hryvnya at the same time street unrest worsens.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the premiere of Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk." Little did he know how much the opera would outrage Stalin and change his own life.
The Geneva II peace conference offers the best opportunity yet to deescalate the Syrian conflict. But it starts with low expectations for success.
Sanctions on Tehran have eased slightly. That's enough to set off a rush of Western businesses to Iran.
A clash between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards around the village of Vorukh is again focusing attention on the problem of cross-border exclaves in Central Asia. What's behind the tensions?
With an interim deal on Iran's nuclear program and talk of involving Tehran in a Syrian peace conference, there is increasing room for Iran and the West to work together to solve crises. Could that lead to a U.S.-Iranian detente?
Turkey's prime minister is dismissing police to stop a corruption investigation targeting his allies. How does he get away with it?
Out with the old, in with the new. For Iran, 2013 saw the departure of an embattled president, and the arrival of a new one offering promises of economic revival, moderation, and an end to the country's international isolation
A government doesn't usually accuse police officials of "political plotting" when they open a corruption investigation. But that is what's happening in Turkey.
Russia has offered Kyiv financial aid and cheaper natural gas in an apparent attempt to keep Ukraine in its sphere of influence. But how much financial sense does the deal make for Moscow itself? Here are five questions to consider.
A new video showing a Kyrgyz woman being assaulted in Russia by two of her countrymen for allegedly shameful behavior has appeared on the Internet. It is the latest of several similar postings that is raising fears of abuse among Kyrgyz migrant workers.
As many expected, Vladimir Putin made Viktor Yanukovych a generous offer when the two met in Moscow on December 17. Nonetheless, Moscow has a long track record of making lofty promises of aid that are never fulfilled in the end.
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