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Russia’s FSB Unveils Broad List Of Topics That Could Result In ‘Foreign Agent’ Label (RFE RL)

The headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow (file photo) Russia’s main domestic security service has published a 60-point list of non-secret topics that could...

Lukashenka Vows To Punish Critics Of KGB Officer Killed In ‘Shoot-Out’ (RFE RL)

Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka has vowed to punish those who have criticized a security officer that authorities say was killed in a shoot-out on September...

Russian Official Urges Tajikistan, Taliban To Avoid Confrontation (RFE RL)

Members of Tajikistan's armed forces line up during joint military drills involving Russia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan at the Harb-Maidon training ground near the border...

Kazakh Court Orders Release Of Jailed Dissident Poet, Reportedly In Poor Health (RFE RL)

Aron Atabek, pictured here in prison, is said to be in poor health. A Kazakh court has ordered the release of a dissident poet who...

Kazakh Police Detain Demonstrators Protesting Relatives’ Detention In China’s Xinjiang (Nurgul Tapaeva, RFE RL)

Police detaining protesters in Nur-Sultan on October 1 Kazakh police detained eight protesters, mostly women, demanding the release of relatives they say are being illegally...

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Open Channels With The Taliban (Bruce Pannier, RFE RL)

A Kyrgyz delegation met with the Taliban's acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on September 23. It took Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan a little...

The Week In Russia: (Still) Working For The Clampdown (Steve Gutterman, RFE RL)

The elections are over, but the state keeps piling pressure on Kremlin opponents, independent media, and civil society. Aleksei Navalny and his associates are...

Georgia’s Former President Saakashvili Says He’s Back From Exile, But Whereabouts Unknown (RFE RL)

The whereabouts of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili remained unknown on the afternoon of October 1, hours after he claimed he had returned from...

The Forever War is Over. Its 2001 Authorization Lives On (Tara Copp, Defense One)

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt Field Fla., April 24, 2014. U.S. AIR FORCE / STAFF SGT. JOHN BAINTER “Over the horizon”...
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