Новости за 06.05.2024

The United States and European Union said they will not be sending representatives to the swearing-in of Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 7 for a new six-year term.

An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, two U.S. officials said on May 6.

The Serbian capital has been adorned with Chinese flags and banners ahead of President Xi Jinping's May 7-8 visit to the country, as the Chinese leader seeks to gain economic and political influence during a rare European trip.

Former Kazakh Economy Minister Quandyq Bishimbaev who is on trial for violently killing his 31-year-old wife, Saltanat Nukenova, in an Astana restaurant in November says he had no intention to kill.

An outspoken archbishop is leading a march to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, to protest border demarcation talks with Azerbaijan. Bagrat Galstanian and his supporters are demanding that the process be suspended. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has repeatedly warned that failure to reach agreement with Azerbaijan could spark renewed conflict.

Iran’s cyberpolice are launching a plan to combat “moral and social crimes that violate Islamic, social, and cultural norms in cyberspace," in another sign of the curbing of freedoms by authorities following a renewed crackdown on the wearing of head scarves and the blocking of social media sites.

Russian media reported on May 6 that Moscow police searched the home of noted journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova as part of a case on justifying terrorism.

Germany has recalled its envoy to Moscow over accusations that Russian military spies hacked e-mails of top members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party and other sensitive government and industrial targets.

A Bishkek court on May 6 rejected appeal of the leader of the United Kyrgyzstan opposition party, Adakhan Madumarov, against his fraud conviction, saying the appeal had been filed too late.

The Russian parliament’s lower chamber, the State Duma, on May 6 approved in the second and third readings a bill that would ban individuals added to the controversial "foreign agents'" list from taking part in federal, regional, and local elections.

UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on May 6, where he is expected to speak at a conference and meet officials for talks on Tehran's nuclear program.

Tajikistan's Emergencies Committee said on May 6 that mudslides and floods caused by heavy rains had killed three women over the weekend.

A court in the central Iranian city of Isfahan has sentenced Mahmud Mehrabi to death for posting messages on social media critical of the Islamic republic.

Kazakhstan-based billionaire Mikheil Lomtadze has bought England's Wycombe Wanderers soccer club.

A humble, dilapidated house nestled in the village of Poklek in central Kosovo has become an unlikely museum that confronts visitors with the haunting remnants of an atrocity that took place 25 years ago when 53 Albanian civilians were killed, and their bodies burned by Serbian police forces.

Russia's Defense Ministry says its forces will "soon" conduct military exercises meant to step up its readiness to use tactical nuclear weapons as a response to what it said were "provocations" and "threats" by the West.

Despite growing concerns over lax data practices, security vulnerabilities, and ties to the Chinese state, the world’s two largest manufacturers of surveillance cameras are expanding across Central and Eastern Europe, new data compiled by RFE/RL shows.

Iran's judiciary has filed charges against several journalists and media activists who disseminated a BBC World Service report concerning the alleged "sexual abuse and murder" of protester Nika Shakarami during the 2022 protests.

Iran's judiciary has filed charges against several journalists and media activists who disseminated a BBC World Service report concerning the alleged "sexual abuse and murder" of protester Nika Shakarami during the 2022 protests.

Teachers across Iran have rallied in support of reforms in the education sector and an end to what they describe as discriminatory and oppressive treatment by authorities.