The Hungarian parliament can ratify Sweden's NATO membership when it convenes for its new spring session this month, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told supporters on February 17.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko believes that the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny represents "Russia's true face." Klitschko was interviewed jointly by Current Time and RFE/RL on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference on February 16 -- after Russian authorities announced Navalny's death and before his team confirmed it. Klitschko mentioned other slain Kremlin critics -- journalist Anna Politkovskaya and politician Boris Nemtsov. "Anyone who has a different opinion than Putin... Читать дальше...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met separately with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the German leader saying the bitter Caucasus rivals had agreed to resolve their differences "without new violence."
Iran's judiciary has handed down lengthy sentences to several members of the Baha'i community, the country's largest non-Muslim group, the latest in a series of acts by the government against the faith's followers.
U.S. Russia expert Michael McFaul said he was "in shock" after hearing about the death of Aleksei Navalny, whom he had considered a friend. The former U.S. ambassador to Russia and currently a professor of political science at Stanford University spoke to RFE/RL on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference on February 16, shortly after Russian authorities announced that Navalny had been found dead. The jailed Russian opposition leader's team confirmed his death on February 17.
Former Armenian Economy Minister Vahan Kerobian was put under house arrest on February 16, one day after he was indicted in an ongoing corruption investigation.
The death of Aleksei Navalny has been confirmed by spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, citing an official notice given to Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila
A man shot dead 12 of his relatives on February 17 in a remote rural area in southeast Iran, in one of the deadliest such incidents in the country.
Russian opposition activist Aleksei Navalny was an unyielding Putin critic who was noted for his courage and his devotion to nonviolent resistance and democracy. Through years of persecution and prison, his message to Russians stayed the same: "I am not afraid, and you shouldn’t be either."
The death of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny in a Russian prison on February 16 led to an outpouring of grief across Europe, but in Moscow the reaction was more mixed, with some people calling him brave and others saying he won't be missed.
Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the UN Mission in Afghanistan.
Groups of unidentified people removed flowers and other tributes for opposition politician Aleksei Navalny from Russian cities under the watch of the police overnight, as more than 100 people were arrested across Russia for laying flowers in Navalny's memory in various spots
As reports spread in Moscow that opposition leader Aleksei Navalny had died, RFE/RL's Russian Service asked residents for their reactions. While some voiced intense grief, others were indifferent.
