Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the second week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, ...

Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors ...

Kremlin’s forces attacked with 78 air and ground missiles and 106 Shahed drones, Ukraine’s air force said. Ukraine’s defense said it intercepted 54 Shahed drones and 59 missiles. Not all ...

The Kremlin on Monday rejected Turkish media reports which suggested that Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, wanted a divorce and to leave Russia.

The Kremlin on Monday rejected Turkish media reports ... according to three former close aides and a senior regional official.

Now, in an angry rebuttal from Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Kremlin, said stories saying ... Bizarre and personal photos of the ousted Syrian President were found in some of ...

Russian TV journalist Pavel Zarubin, a Kremlin insider ... region and Krasnoye -- called Sontsivka in Ukraine. Krasnoye is close to the resource hub of Kurakhove, which Russia has almost encircled ...

Medvedev often used the term “Banderastan” when mentioning Ukraine, a catchphrase that references Stepan Bandera, a controversial Ukrainian nationalist prominent during WWII by which the Kremlin ...

It will “close the loop” of the Central Ring Road at a new level ... By the end of this year, the share of roads in major urban agglomerations brought up to standard will reach the target figure of 85 ...