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'The West Turned These People's Life Into Hell': How Belarus And Russia Covered The Migration Crisis

Belarus and Russia’s state-run TV crafted a single narrative in November 2021 to cover the illegal migration crisis on the European Union’s borders: The West is to blame, and Belarus is blameless.

Mighty Memories: Memorial's Fight To Remember Stalin's Victims In The Urals

Labeled as 'foreign agents,' Memorial activists in Yekaterinburg, Russia still refuse to forget the past

Current-Time-Backed Film Mr. Landsbergis Takes Top Honors At IDFA

'We Had It Coming With Methane': How 51 People Died In A Siberian Coal-Mine Tragedy

According to witnesses to last week's Siberian coal-mine disaster, lax safety standards meant it was an accident waiting to happen. Fifty-one people died in Russia's worst mine tragedy since 2010.

Information Becomes Defensive Weapon In Ukraine-Russia Border Standoff

Four Ways That Belarus Succeeded Against EU In Migration Crisis

Life By QR Codes: Russia Considers Tough New COVID Restrictions

Russia's parliament is considering the introduction of a federal QR code system to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The QR codes could only be used by those who have been vaccinated or who recently recovered from COVID-19 or by people who can't be vaccinated on medical grounds.

'Feeling Like Aliens In Our Own Country': Current Time Journalist Describes Departure From Afghanistan

Ukraine's Turkish Drones Could Checkmate Pro-Russia Fighters In Donbas, Analysts Predict

Lithuania Goes After Ukrainian Who Drove Tank In 1991 Soviet Crackdown

Thirty years after Lithuania achieved independence from the Soviet Union, it is requesting that Greece hand over a man from Ukraine who was involved in a Soviet military intervention. Oleksandr Radkevich was a tank driver when Soviet troops entered Vilnius in January 1991.

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Kyiv Mayor Defends New Restrictions As COVID-19 Numbers Soar

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has warned that a large number of people are getting very sick and the capacity of hospitals is more than 80 percent full, as the Ukrainian capital implements tough new restrictions to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths attributed to low vaccination rates.

‘Do You Support Saakashvili?’ In Tbilisi Street Poll, Most Prefer Silence

Nearly a month after ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s October 1, 2021 arrest in Georgia on criminal charges, most respondents in Tbilisi opted for silence when asked by Current Time whether or not they support the 2003 Rose Revolution leader.

Vaccine Restrictions Tighten Inside Ukraine's COVID-19 'Red Zone'

With tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases daily and a vaccination rate of just 16.2 percent, Ukraine, Europe’s second-largest country after Russia, is facing a growing pandemic crisis. Current Time visited two of eight Ukrainian regions where the government has intensified COVID-19 restrictions.

The Two Faces Of RT’s COVID Narratives

The Current Time analysis of content produced by Russian television network RT indicates the existence of two “parallel universes”: one for the Russian and a completely different for international audiences -- the latter full of falsehoods and conspiracy theories.

'They Don't Believe COVID Exists': Ukraine Battles New Wave Of Virus, Public Misinformation

Ukraine has seen record numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths in October. The latest wave has swept through a population with a low rate of vaccination and a high level of misinformation regarding the pandemic and vaccines.

The Two Faces Of RT’s COVID Narratives

The Current Time analysis of content produced by Russian television network RT indicates the existence of two “parallel universes”: one for the Russian and a completely different for international audiences -- the latter full of falsehoods and conspiracy theories. (Current Time)

Uzbekistan On President-Elect Mirziyoyev's Path To Reform: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

Navalny Ally Sobol Vows To Keep Fighting Putin's 'Criminal Regime'

Russian opposition politician Lyubov Sobol says she doesn't feel "fully safe" after recently fleeing Russia in the summer, but she insists she will continue to fight against President Vladimir Putin's "criminal regime" and widespread corruption in her country.

'We're Not Focused On Regime Changes': Meet Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dmitry Muratov

To what extent does Novaya Gazeta, the independent Russian daily run by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Dmitry Muratov, reflect the reality of life in today’s Russia? Russian documentary filmmaker Vital Mansky visits Muratov to find out.