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Thousands of Russian opposition supporters gathered in the rain in Moscow on August 10 for the fourth major rally in four weeks. Security was high as police cordoned off the area of the sanctioned demonstration and allowed people through in groups.
Prominent opposition leader Lyubov Sobol had a heated exchange with the head of Russia's Central Election Committee, as it rejected her appeal and upheld the decision to exclude her from local elections in September. There have been weeks of protests at the exclusion of Sobol and other opposition fi
As Moscow police respond to peaceful protests with increasing brutality, we filmed all sorts of people caught up in the violence -- protesters, passersby, and even a member of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party. (Note: Some people may find the violence in this video disturbing.)
A Russian physics professor spends his free time as a volunteer high in the trees of Yekaterinburg, saving animals that have gone astray.
Current Time correspondent Timur Olevsky spoke to Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol on August 3, shortly before she was detained by police as she left her political headquarters in Moscow.
Police violently detained peaceful protesters and apparent bystanders in Moscow, heavily clubbing some before dragging them away. Hundreds were detained on August 3, a week after mass detentions and demonstrations in Moscow.
A prominent Russian opposition activist was detained by police in Moscow on August 3 ahead of a planned protest to demand free elections in the Russian capital. Lyubov Sobol, who is currently on day 21 of a hunger strike, was detained in a taxi as she tried to make her way to the protest.
"We have debts to several grocery stores," says 10-year-old Turdubek. He and his neighbor Aizirek spoke to us about their hard, impoverished lives in the slums of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.
Kazakh authorities have detained five prison officials and dismissed seven others after videos posted online showed guards apparently torturing inmates. An investigation has been launched into the incidents at the Zarechny prison near Almaty.
Aleksandr Kim, a Russian rights activists, intervened when he saw Moscow police stopping migrants for identity checks and refused to comply when officers demanded his documents based solely on his appearance. Kim hopes to to shed light on police officers' use of racial profiling.
This March, 51-year-old Aleksandr Gabyshev left Yakutsk in Russia's Far East to walk 8,000 kilometers to Moscow and rally opposition to President Vladimir Putin, who he calls a demon.
An Italian priest gave sanctuary in a Moscow church to protesters fleeing from riot police amid some of the worst police brutality the Russian capital has seen in years. Later, he allowed policemen to come in for water because, he says, the Orthodox Church must offer "love to everyone."
Vladimir Kara-Murza Sr., one of Russia's most prominent journalists and a pioneer of independent post-Soviet television, has died at the age of 59 in Moscow.
Police in Moscow have detained and beaten opposition politicians, along with protesters, on July 27 in an attempt to disperse a demonstration against the refusal of election officials to register several opposition figures as candidates in municipal elections. (Current Time)
Moscow District Councilwoman Aleksandra Parushina, from the opposition A Just Russia party, says she was struck in the head by police who "brutally" dispersed protesters near Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin's office on July 27. (Current Time)
Graffiti artists have descended on the Russian city of Yekaterinburg for an illegal street-art festival. No one knows how many artists took part in the unofficial, guerrilla-style event and many participated anonymously.
Russian opposition activists are trying to run for seats on Moscow's city council but they say they are being blocked getting on the ballot by authorities. One prominent would-be candidate took her protest into election commission headquarters. After midnight, she was shown the door.
There's little work to be found in the dying villages of northwest Russia's Solovetsky Islands. But there's a rich crop of kelp just under the surface of the White Sea, and the farmers who harvest it say it's a tough but viable business.
Ukrainian voters had high expectations after appearing to give President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party an unprecedented majority in parliament to tackle corruption and end the war against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised "victory over corruption" after his political party was on course to win a majority in the new parliament. Zelenskiy is a former actor and he has invited a start-up party led by Ukraine’s biggest pop-music star to begin coalition talks.
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