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'Bodies Are Everywhere': Russia Struggles With COVID-19 Spike

COVID-19 cases are growing fast in Russia and the situation is becoming dire in some regions. The country reported a record 18,283 new cases on October 30. There are shortages of medical supplies and personnel in a number of cities. And some morgues are full of bodies, with not enough pathologists to handle the dead.

Loans, Military Supplies, And Energy: What Russia Has Riding On Belarus’ Strikes

How Ukraine's Health Minister Responded To Our Investigation Of A Shoddy COVID-19 Ambulance Station

Following a Current Time report, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov earlier this month visited an ambulance station outside of Kyiv that, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, only has one dilapidated, rusty ambulance to respond to emergency calls. This video shows the results.

Shortages Mar Russia’s Response To Growing COVID-19 Crisis

'Never Any Conflict': Georgia's Village Of Peace For Ethnic Armenians, Azerbaijanis

Unlike in nearby Armenia and Azerbaijan, ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis in the Georgian village of Khojorni have long lived together in peace. That history is part of the reason why Georgia, which contains several such villages, has offered to mediate in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Pensioner Power Boosts Protests In Belarus

Marches by senior citizens have become a regular feature on the streets of Minsk. They are boosting anti-government protests that have occurred daily since the August 9 Belarusian presidential election, which was widely seen as rigged. As one participant put it: "If they arrest me, I'll be proud."

Searching For The Identity Of Kyrgyzstan's New 'National Leader'

Test Your Knowledge: Eurasia's Protest Power

In the past 20 years, large-scale protests in the post-Soviet region have led to the overthrow of four countries’ governments. These uprisings are sometimes called “color revolutions.” How much do you know about this region’s past protests?

Amid Record COVID-19 Infections, Russian Medics Say Official Figures Can't Be Trusted

Russia reports record numbers of new COVID-19 cases on a daily basis, but health professionals do not believe the authorities are revealing the true numbers.

Kyrgyzstan Loses A President, Gains A Prime Minister

Nagorno-Karabakh Photogallery: No Progress Toward Peace

Tajikistan’s Presidential Vote: Despite Rahmon’s Win, Economy Could Determine Future

How The Tajik President Has Managed To Stay In Power For Nearly Three Decades

Tajikistan will hold a presidential election on October 11. There are six candidates in the race, including the incumbent, Emomali Rahmon, who is running for office for a fifth time.

Who's In Charge In Kyrgyzstan: Apparently, Everyone And No One

Who's Running Kyrgyzstan? Nobody Knows

With multiple groups now claiming to be in charge in Kyrgyzstan, Current Time asked voters in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, who they think is actually exercising power. The confusion began on October 5-6, 2020, when protesters against suspected vote fraud took over the government headquarters.

Volunteers Block Looters Amid Kyrgyz Power Vacuum

Volunteers in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, say they have stopped attacks by looters amid a power vacuum in the Central Asian nation. The volunteers, who organized through social-media channels, said they had to step in to protect buildings and property as police had vanished from many areas.

Belarusian Opposition Leader Tsikhanouskaya Calls For German, Russian Mediation As Moscow Snubs Her With Arrest Warrant

Russia has issued an arrest warrant for Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, even as she says Moscow can play a role to mediate the political crisis in her country.    

Russia, China, Kazakhstan Hesitate To Assess Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Political Experiment’

Funeral Held For Independent Russian Journalist Who Set Herself On Fire

Hundreds of mourners have bid farewell to independent Russian journalist Irina Slavina, who died after setting herself on fire in an apparent reaction to investigators trying to tie her to an opposition group and what's been described as years of harassment by authorities.

Kyrgyzstan’s Election Uprising: Don’t Call It A Revolution … Yet, Analysts Say