Russia heads to the polls in parliamentary elections September 17-19 amid a crackdown on opposition figures, independent media, and nongovernmental groups. We asked Russians: Do you think you have a real choice in this election?
Golos, an independent vote-monitoring movement in Russia, was labeled a "foreign agent" by the government just a month before the country's parliamentary elections. Kremlin critics see the designation as a way to hinder the work of organizations the government does not like.
Mainstream Russian TV outlets initially commiserated with the U.S. after news broke about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But, as media came more under the Kremlin's control, conspiracy theories began to replace the facts.
Ukrainian pilot Veronika Borisova had once led Afghanistan's first all-female flight crew, but on August 15, she had a very different assignment -- piloting the first evacuation flight from Kabul to Kyiv.
For decades, Russian public schoolteachers have been asked to serve on the election commission for their schools' polling stations, and expected not to buck the ruling party. But some teachers resist their supervisors’ expectations -- even at the cost of their jobs.
Generations of children have grown up in Kyrgyzstan without parents who leave the country to work, mostly in Russia. Aigerim is 9 years old and lives with her grandmother. She dreams of joining her mom, who went to Moscow two years ago.
The Georgian government is introducing new measures from September as it tries to boost the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19. People will now need to have a negative COVID test to enter restaurants, gyms, and beauty parlors if they haven't been vaccinated.
Listen to Afghan reporter Liza Karimi describe the events of August 23, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as thousands desperately try to leave the country, and armed resistance against the Taliban persists in Panjshir Province.
A Telegram video depicts the interaction of Afghans and Uzbeks after the landing of a few Afghan helicopters in Uzbekistan on August 14-15, as Afghan military personnel fled Taliban forces nearing Kabul.
In this subtitled audio diary, Current Time reporter Liza Karimi shared how Kabul is changing after the Taliban's August 15, 2021 takeover, what people are discussing, and what she herself is experiencing.
Current Time TV’s freelance correspondent in Kabul, Liza Karimi, reports having been threatened on August 17 by unknown males by both phone and in writing.
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