Aleksei Aleksandrov

Russia Launches Quest For 'Sovereign Internet'

Inside The Terror: Beslan's School No. 1, 15 Years After The Hostage Crisis

Moscow Residents Fear Radioactive Risk From New Road

Moscow activists say a new road project next to a Soviet-era nuclear waste site could pose a radioactive risk.

Widow On Russian Journalists’ Deaths In Africa: Russia ‘Will Never Investigate This Case’

In an interview with Current Time, Russian journalist Irina Gordienko, widow of reporter Orkhan Dzhemal, explained why she believes the Russian government is stonewalling on its investigation into the 2018 murder of Dzhemal and two other Russian journalists in the Central African Republic.

Daughter Blames 'System' Built By Putin, Kadyrov For Rights Activist Estemirova’s Death

The daughter of Natalya Estemirova, the Russian rights activist who who was abducted and killed 10 years ago, said she blames President Vladimir Putin, the leader of Chechnya, “and the whole system that they have built” for her mother’s death.

Experts: Kim And Putin Want To Expand Economic Ties Despite Sanctions

Kim Jong-Un And Vladimir Putin: Meeting In Vladivostok

Kim Jong-Un Visits Russia For The First Time

'The Scariest Day Of Our Lives:' The Hizb-Ut-Tahir Crackdown On Crimean Tatars

In the last five years, Russian security forces have arrested dozens of Crimean Tatars on charges of terrorism. But international rights watchdogs say the accusations are intended to silence criticism. To find out more, Current Time spoke with some of the families of those arrested.

Kazakh Mothers: Proving A Force For Change

With its vast oil and natural gas resources and centralized rule, Kazakhstan might appear, at first glance, to have no qualms about stability. But protests by hundreds of outraged women demanding a reform of the country’s social-benefits system have underlined potential vulnerabilities, observers say.