A journey with the men who make their living on thin ice. | Continue reading
U.S. officials have asked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to turn over documents regarding the university's contacts with foreign governments and donations from foreign sources, including those coming from Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia. | Continue reading
Secretly-taken photographs, some published here for the first time, show the lengths Czechoslovakia’s communist authorities went to spy on their own citizens. | Continue reading
In eastern Estonia, it’s possible to briefly enter Russia without any paperwork, but some unusual conditions apply. | Continue reading
A senior intelligence official has been arrested in Canada and charged with disclosing classified information to an unspecified foreign entity. | Continue reading
Nearly 170,000 hectares (420,000 acres) of forestland is burning in the Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Yakutia, Yamal, and Buryatia regions, TASS reported, citing the Aerial Forest Protection Service. | Continue reading
Iranian authorities are blaming the mining of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, for a big increase in the country's monthly electricity usage, with digital-currency miners reportedly using mosques and schools for their cheap electricity. | Continue reading
A mysterious Twitter persona launched one of the most enduring Moscow-friendly hoaxes of the MH17 airline tragedy. We found the ex-convict behind the lie. | Continue reading
It has been two years since a giant steel shelter was slid into position over Chernobyl's crumbling radioactive ruins. RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service takes a rare look at operations inside of the containment. | Continue reading
Members of a pagan community in Pakistan see an existential threat to their ancient culture as influence from the sea of Islam surrounding them encroaches. | Continue reading
A perfectly preserved nuclear launch site in the Ukrainian countryside | Continue reading
Chilling photos uncovered by a German artist reveal the Stasi's methods to monitor and terrorize their citizens. | Continue reading
One year ago, Maksim Lapunov became the first -- and only -- person to publicly claim he was abducted and beaten by police in an anti-gay crackdown in Russia's Chechnya region. But his hopes for redress in Russia appear increasingly implausible. | Continue reading
After a longtime ban on photographing the Tashkent Metro was lifted this summer, RFE/RL’s photographer went underground to reveal the art, architecture, and nuclear-blast protection in Central Asia’s oldest subway system. | Continue reading
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has strongly criticized a ban on the Telegram messaging service that was imposed by the country's judiciary, saying his administration does not support it. | Continue reading