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Family members of Russian President Vladimir Putin quietly acquired several plots of real estate in Moscow’s tony western suburbs near his residence, where a series of luxury homes have been bu...

https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-daughters-secretive-real-estate-report-proyekt/32442322.html

“She doesn’t have a mother anymore.” As the chestnut trees blossom in Ukraine's capital, its residents endure exhaustion and anxiety amid relentless Russian aerial assaults. The suffering a...

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-children-rockets-drones-attacks/32442256.html

Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny on June 2 released excerpts of his correspondence with prison administrators, detailing sarcastic demands for outlandish things such as a ...

https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-requests-kangaroo-prison-authorities/32442278.html

Security personnel at a university in southwestern Iran appear to have severely assaulted a student, the latest in a series of violent attacks on school campuses amid anti-government protests led...

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-attacks-students-protests/32442267.html

The LGBT community in the North Caucasus region of Russia has long faced persecution, but incidents of homophobia and violence have increased in recent months, activists say. RFE/RL spoke with th...

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-caucasus-lgbt-persecution/32441971.html

The Paris Air Show tragedy 50 years ago that marked the beginning of the end for supersonic travel.

https://www.rferl.org/a/soviet-supersonic-passenger-jet-crash-50-years--tu-144/32437185.html

Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka skipped the post-match press conference at the French Open on June 2, citing mental health reasons.

https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-tennis-sabalenka-skips-frenc-open-press-conference-mental-health/32442157.html

The popular online Tatar language school Ana Tele (The Mother Tongue) has announced its closure as of June 30.

https://www.rferl.org/a/tussia-tatar-language-school-closes-ana-tele/32442103.html

The United States has issued fresh sanctions targeting Iranian technology company Arvan Cloud, two employees of the company, and an affiliated firm for their roles in helping Tehran censor the I...

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-sanctions-internet-censirship-arvan-cloud/32442065.html

A Ukrainian reconnaissance unit flies a domestically developed Leleka drone over the city of Bakhmut. With a maximum flight time of 2 1/2 hours, the Leleka, which means stork in English, tracks e...

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bakhmut-drones-stork-war-/32442007.html

Protesters have again gathered in front of municipal buildings in several cities in northern Kosovo as Western diplomats ratchet up pressure on Pristina to hold fresh elections to defuse tensions...

https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-serbs-protest-mayors-diplomatic-solution/32442014.html

Nadezhda Glebovskaya once made jewelry for fashion shows, before developing a unique, politically charged form of knitted art. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the artist fled for Armenia, wh...

https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-artist-knitted-protest-armenia/32441566.html

A 63-year-old Ukrainian soldier with the call sign "Granddad" is fighting to defend his ancestral Cossack homeland in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-granddad-cossack-zaporizhzhya--russia/32441964.html

A group of citizens in the western Iranian city of Abdanan, took to the streets chanting anti-government slogans on June 1 to protest the suspicious death of 21-year-old student Bamshad Suleiman...

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-abdanan-protests-death-suleimankhani/32441937.html

We know you're busy and probably don't have the time to read all of our coverage every day. That's why we've put together The Week's Best. Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's vas...

https://www.rferl.org/a/weeks-best-stories-videos-radio-free-europe/32438496.html

European governments confirmed on June 2 that one Danish and two Austrian-Iranian citizens have been released by Iran after mediation efforts by Oman and Belgium.

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-frees-danish-austrian-citizens-oman-belgium/32441897.html

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says "in its war with Ukraine, we are not Russia's ally."

https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-pashinian-russia-ally-ukraine-war/32441884.html

Also: Deadly clashes between Iran and Taliban

https://www.rferl.org/a/azadi-briefing-taliban-international-isolation/32441572.html

Police in Russia have warned activists of possible repercussions for their participation in nationwide rallies to support jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, scheduled for June 4, his b...

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-pro-navalny-rally-activists-pressure/32441542.html

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on June 2 he would propose amendments to a law on undue Russian influence he signed this week, reacting to criticism that it could result in banning opposition ...

https://www.rferl.org/a/polish-president-backpedals-russian-influence/32441529.html