Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor in chief of RFE/RL.
Ukraine's famine is just one of many tragedies to emerge from the Stalin era. On the 60th anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention, debate continues about the millions who died in Soviet deportations and purges, recalled by surviving generations as "forgotten genocides."
The European Union is set on December 9 to launch its law-and-order mission in Kosovo. EULEX is tasked with helping the new state meet European standards in its police, judicial, customs, and penitentiary bodies. But just a day before its work is set to begin, troubling questions remain about the EULEX mandate -- and Kosovo's future.
Georgia is marking the fifth anniversary of its Rose Revolution, the peaceful public rebellion that sought a clean break from a corrupt and undemocratic past. But the events of 2003 have lost much of their promise to creeping authoritarianism and a ruinous war with Russia. Can Tbilisi preserve its 'rose' legacy?
A dispute over the configuration of Kosovo's next international law-and-order mission comes as Belgrade finds itself increasingly at odds with its neighbors.
Three months after the Russia-Georgia war, a new report by watchdog group Amnesty International suggests that all sides to the conflict may be guilty of violating human rights. The group calls on both Moscow and Tbilisi to support an independent investigation into the conduct of all parties during the fighting.
Not everyone is celebrating the U.S. presidential victory of Barack Obama. In Georgia and Ukraine, many saw his rival, John McCain, as the better man -- a stronger ally who would stand up to Russia and back their rapid succession into NATO.
Moscow this week hosts officials from three Latin American countries, as part of its ongoing drive to improve ties with a geographic neighbor of the United States. One goal is profit. But another is provocation -- especially as Moscow's relations with Washington continue to sour.
Sergei Lavrov arrives at the United Nations as the Kremlin's point man, the most visible face of Russia's new, more aggressive foreign policy. Once seen as an urbane, soft-spoken diplomat, will he continue to present his new tougher side?
When the year began, Tomislav Nikolic appeared poised to take the Serbian presidency. Now, the future of the ex-Radical Party leader appears in doubt -- and with it, the role of the nationalists in Serbia's highly fluid political arena.
Ekho Moskvy, seen as one of the last remaining sources of independent news and public debate in Russia, is coming under increasing pressure from the Kremlin. The radio station was attacked for its coverage of the Georgian war and nationalist protesters have demanded its closure.
A much-anticipated meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is due to take place in St. Petersburg on June 6, on the sidelines of a two-day CIS summit. Many are looking to see if the talks will strike a warmer tone than earlier tete-a-tetes between Saakashvili and Medvedev's predecessor, Vladimir Putin.
In the former Soviet Union, fading democratic movements and a mounting energy fixation have combined to see a near-total downturn in press freedom, says a rights watchdog.
Azerbaijani prosecutors promised to investigate when an opposition journalist was seriously wounded in a knife attack last month. Instead, he says investigators are trying to blackmail him.
Georgia-watchers are breathing a tentative sigh of relief as early presidential elections earned a preliminary seal of approval from Western observers, who pronounced the snap ballot a "valid" reflection of public will.
Ukraine is marking the 75th anniversary of the start of the Great Famine, which killed millions in 1932-33. While Ukrainians say the famine should be recognized as genocide, Russia has accused Kyiv of "unilaterally distorting history."
Ethnic Russians shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Police officers killed in car bombings. A rise in kidnappings. But the president of the Russian republic of Ingushetia says there's no cause for alarm.
Which has the greatest representation by women in its parliament: Peru, Rwanda, Belarus, or France?
Alyaksandr Kazulin (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, October 19, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Jailed Belarusian opposition politician Alyaksandr Kazulin is due on October 20 to begin a hunger strike he hopes will draw attention to the country's human rights abuses.
Officials say betrayal and sloppy record keeping are to blame for a recently discovered theft from Russia's best-known museum, the Hermitage.
Even incumbent Alyaksandr Lukashenka's overwhelming reelection as president has not relaxed the government's assault on the press, with "Nasha Niva," Belarus's oldest nonstate newspaper, now facing closure.
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