This will be a hot fall in Moscow, if the latest developments in Russia can be believed. RFE/RL keeps its eye on growing discontent with the ruling class.
RFE/RL coverage of athletes participating in the London Paralympic Games, what could possibly be the worst wheelchair access ever, and Kazakh cyclist Alexander Vinokourov on retirement - and Lance Armstrong.
Suggested summer reading (and watching) from Syria's Armenian community, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the digital realm.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be the most famous person to be granted political asylum in Ecuador. But he isn't the only one.
It's a guilty verdict and a two-year prison sentence for three members of the punk feminist performance-art group Pussy Riot. RFE/RL's Radio Svoboda was there for it all, from tweets inside the courtroom to the angry reaction of protesters outside.
As Russia watchers await tomorrow's expected verdict in the Pussy Riot trial, RFE/RL covers events in Russia and abroad.
A round-up of our top-trending stories this week from Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tatarstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
Pussy Riot isn't really a punk band and they didn't really play a concert in Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral. So what exactly did they do that has gotten them into so much trouble? Follow RFE/RL's coverage of the trial of three women who have captured the attention of Russia's opposition movement, Amnesty International, western rockers, and the Kremlin.
From every corner of RFE/RL's broadcasting region, we bring you coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Let the games begin...
RFE/RL reports on Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan region -- an isolated, mountainous area that shares borders with Afghanistan, China, and Kyrgyzstan -- remains a hotbed of unrest, even after the Tajik government carried out a series of military strikes.
The July 19 murder of a Tatar mufti and the assassination attempt against another have been characterized by Russian federal authorities as terrorism. Radio Svoboda looks at these events, as well as Russian political humor, the state of Russia's gay community and the 85th birthday of one of Russia's foremost human rights activists.
Take a trip around RFE/RL's broadcast regions with a sampling of our most popular stories this week.
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