Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has pledged that 27-year-old Aizada Kanatbekova’s recent murder will be the last in Kyrgyzstan’s “history” of bride kidnappings. But how Japarov, plans to end abductions for forced marriages remains unclear.
In the latest manifestation of the influence of Russia’s conservative movement, the Russian Orthodox Church has joined forces with communists and pro-Kremlin politicians to secure a government probe into the international Body Worlds exhibit, which uses genuine body parts to teach human anatomy.
Thousands of Moscow factory workers have been forced out of company housing over the years as plants closed their dormitories or shut down altogether. But some families have stayed on despite barely livable conditions, and are fighting in court for their right to decent housing.
Raman Bandarenka died from his injuries after being beaten up by masked men in November 2020, but the authorities in Belarus claimed he was drunk before he was detained. It was the start of an alleged cover-up that has seen a doctor jailed for disclosing that there was no alcohol in his body.
A Kyrgyz single mother is being sued by the Civil Registry Office for giving her three children matronymics that derive from her first name -- instead of the traditional patronymics -- and her surname.
For a few days, the small Russian town of Pokrov, 100 kilometers east of Moscow, thought it was hosting jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. His prison turned out to be in the village of Kolchugino, but the opinions heard in Pokrov illustrate how deep is Russia's divide over Navalny.
A former inmate of the prison where Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny is believed to have been transferred told Current Time he was subjected to isolation, sleep deprivation, and bullying.
A court case is causing outrage on Russian social media after evidence was presented showing how desperate calls to emergency services were ignored, allowing a man to torture and then kill his ex-girlfriend at an apartment in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.
Each day, gender poses a potentially lethal risk to Afghanistan’s thousands of female police officers. Current Time Kabul reporter Liza Karimi spoke in July 2020 with Afghan policewomen who, despite the dangers, have chosen to persevere with their careers
In an interview with Current Time, U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan outlines why the United States disagrees with Moscow that the imprisonment of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny is strictly a domestic issue. He also responds to the impact of Russia's "foreign-agents" law.
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