https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:30:25 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Over more than four years of all-out war, Russia has used financial incentives, coercion, and threats to keep up the flow of men to fight in Ukraine. Now recruiters are increasingly forcing men to sign contracts to fight. That could be major problem for the Kremlin. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-forced-recruitment-personnel/33794661.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-forced-recruitment-personnel/33794661.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:44:34 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories There’s no gasoline for ambulances in one region. In another, they’ve suspended garbage pickup because there’s no fuel for trucks. There’s a robust black market where you can pay someone to hold your place in endless lines of drivers hoping to fill up cars. Russia’s gasoline crisis is deepening. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-fuel-gas-crisis-shortage/33792063.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-fuel-gas-crisis-shortage/33792063.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:26:49 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories For the past 10 days, Moscow has been experiencing widespread mobile internet outages, causing significant disruptions to daily life. Residents are facing challenges with essential services, including online payments, taxi apps, and navigation tools. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-mobile-internet-problem/33708173.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-mobile-internet-problem/33708173.html Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:55:48 +0100 NewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian man repeatedly convicted of violent crimes is accused of strangling a woman to death after returning from the war in Ukraine and stalking his wife as she sought shelter. The killing is a grim example of a deadly problem the invasion has spawned in the country that attacked its neighbor. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-veterans-violent-crime-impunity-ukraine/33666867.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-veterans-violent-crime-impunity-ukraine/33666867.html Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:21:20 +0100 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics, targeting prisoners, conscripts, and ethnic minorities from remote regions and Central Asian migrant communities to bolster its depleted forces. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-ukraine-inmates-concsripts-ethnic-minorities-coersion-rights-romanova/33492747.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-war-ukraine-inmates-concsripts-ethnic-minorities-coersion-rights-romanova/33492747.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:13 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Grigory Skvortsov sent an American journalist diagrams of a Soviet-era bunker included in a widely available book. Skvortsov was recently sentenced to 16 years prison for "treason," highlighting the increasingly arbitrary enforcement of laws in Putin's Russia. https://www.rferl.org/a/prison-term-photographer-sharing-published-book-materials/33479200.html https://www.rferl.org/a/prison-term-photographer-sharing-published-book-materials/33479200.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:02:41 +0200 RussiaFeaturesThe Rundown Stories