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Belarusian presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, an English translator who joined the presidential race after her husband, popular vlogger Syarhey Tsikhanouski, was arrested, talked on August 3 to Current Time correspondent Iryna Romaliiskaya in Minsk.
Two protest movements are 9,000 kilometers apart: one in Russia and one in Belarus -- but they're united by their desire for basic democratic norms. Current Time reporters tracked down the protesters in Khabarovsk, in Russia's Far East, who reached out to their counterparts in Belarus.
Valer Tsapkala, a barred challenger to Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, says the strongman will not use force if thousands take to the streets to challenge the results of the August 9 election. (Current Time)
An exiled challenger to Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says the strongman will not use force if large crowds take to the streets to challenge the results of the upcoming election.
It was Day 23 on August 2 of ongoing demonstrations in support of dismissed Khabarovsk regional Governor Sergei Furgal. The protesters gathered outside the regional administration building in the Russian Far East city, chanting Furgal's surname and the slogan, "We will come tomorrow."
A critic of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka who last month fled the country along with his children after his and others' candidacies were rejected for next week's presidential election has reportedly left Russia for neighboring Ukraine.
Thousands marched across the center of Russia’s Far Eastern city on August 1 protesting the arrest of popular Governor Sergei Furgal, mocking a man appointed by President Vladimir Putin to replace him, and calling for the end of Putin's rule. (Current Time)
Medical staff in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan say they are continuing to struggle to treat COVID-19 patients and lack critical medicine, equipment, and staff. In a local hospital, most staff have been infected and several have died.
Ukraine is one of the few countries in the world that allows commercial surrogacy. But when something goes wrong, human lives hang in the balance, and critics say the business should be stopped or at least regulated.
Unit 3214 of the Belarusian Interior Ministry forces was shown on TV violently dispersing a crowd during a training exercise. A former officer says the men are "zombies" who swore loyalty to President Alyaksandr Lukashenka but they're just one of many options he has for suppressing dissent.
YouTube has blocked accounts of the Tsargrad TV channel in Russia and its former chief editor, pro-Kremlin analyst Aleksandr Dugin.
Protests in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk have continued for more than two weeks, with some 50,000 people on the streets on July 25, according to organizers, despite the appointment of a new regional governor.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk on July 26 to demand the release and return of the region's governor.
In the Sulak canyon of Russia's Republic of Daghestan, farmers rely on a system of makeshift, hand-powered cable cars to transport their produce across a river.
Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya held campaign rallies in two Belarus towns on July 25 supported by three other candidates barred from running. (RFE/Current Time)
A protest in Khabarovsk on July 25 against the replacement of a popular governor by President Putin is the largest since their start 15 days ago. (Current Time)
An acid leak from an abandoned mine has turned a local river red, devastating local flora and marine life in Russia's Ural Mountains.
Russia has posted a draft instruction on how media who have been registered as "foreign agents" must identify that fact in published or broadcast materials.
Meet the three women striving to put an end to 26 years of rule by authoritarian Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka -- at great personal risk.
A wave of large protests in Russia's Far East shows no sign of letting up after nine continuous days of rallies and marches.
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