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• June 05, 2026

  US Reaffirms Support For Armenia Ahead Of Weekend Election

  The United States has reaffirmed its support for Armenia's sovereignty and democratic institutions amid growing concerns over what Western officials describe as an intensifying Russian campaign to weaken Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ahead of the country's upcoming elections.

• June 05, 2026

  Russia Uses Economic Chokehold To Counter Armenia's Westward Tilt

  Armenians go to the polls on June 7 in parliamentary elections in which the country’s basic foreign policy orientation is at stake. While Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has pulled the country towards the West, Russia has responded with multiple moves aimed at halting the shift.

• June 05, 2026

  Any Iran Deal Must Be Measured By Actions, Not Promises, Says Former Ambassador Lisa Gable

  RFE/RL spoke with Lisa Gable, a former US ambassador who served during the George W. Bush administration and is now the chairwoman of World In 2050, about the prospects for diplomacy with Iran, the challenges of verification, and the broader geopolitical stakes of the current conflict.

• June 05, 2026

  Russia Sentences Traveler To 16 Years For Treason Over $250 Transfer To A Ukrainian

  Riding into Russia on a motorcycle to see his ailing father, Mikhail Loshchinin was detained at the border, tortured, and tried on a treason charge over a $245 transfer to a Ukrainian ex-girlfriend, he and relatives and supporters say. This week, he was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

• June 05, 2026

  From Iran To Ukraine, Asymmetric Warfare Challenges Conventional Military Power

  From Ukraine to Tehran, asymmetric warfare is redefining the modern battlefield. Superiority is no longer measured solely by jets and naval fleets, but by inexpensive unmanned drones.

• June 04, 2026

  US Sanctions On Iran's Largest Cryptocurrency Platform Could Hurt Ordinary Iranians, Experts Say

  The United States has sanctioned Iran’s largest cryptocurrency platform, in a move that could hurt ordinary Iranians and businesses, experts say.

• June 04, 2026

  Mixed Signals Suggest US-Iran Crisis Is Far From Over, Says Security Analyst Jake Sotiriadis

  RFE/RL spoke with Jake Sotiriadis, an adviser to the US State Department, about whether these developments could signal the beginning of a diplomatic off-ramp between Washington and Tehran or merely a pause in a confrontation that still carries a significant risk of escalation.

• June 04, 2026

  'No Way Out': Russia Sends Badly Wounded Men Back Into Battle In Ukraine

  As Russia struggles to replace soldiers being killed in high numbers in the fifth year of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, these is mounting evidence of the military returning men to the war despite severe injuries and, sometimes, medical findings saying they are not fit for further service.

• June 04, 2026

  Zebra Trucks: Why Russia Is Using 'Dazzle Camouflage' In Ukraine

  Russian military vehicles painted in patterns resembling WWI-era dazzle camouflage can potentially hide them from Ukrainian drones, but AI experts say any vivid pattern has a short shelf life.

• June 03, 2026

  Iranians Have 'Become Poor' As War Shatters Already Reeling Economy

  Families sharing single meals. Appliances sold to pay utility bills. Businesses gutted. Four Iranians inside the country describe an economy in freefall.

• June 03, 2026

  Can Diplomacy Survive? Analyst Dania Arayssi On Iran, Hezbollah, And The Struggle For A Deal

  Diplomatic efforts to contain the widening Middle East crisis entered a critical phase this week as US officials sought to keep alive negotiations with Iran amid mounting tensions. RFE/RL spoke with Dania Arayssi, program head and senior analyst at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy.

• June 03, 2026

  The KGB's Man At State, Or A Double Agent? A Spy Mystery In A Smuggled Cold War Archive.

  Frederick Flott, who died in 2006, was a longtime State Department diplomat around the world, as well as a CIA agent who worked under diplomatic cover. For years, the KGB tried to recruit him. Did it succeed?

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