Police detained the head of one of Russia's doctors' unions as she came to help colleagues barricaded inside a rural tuberculosis clinic set for closure. The protest is part of a wider battle to save dwindling rural health care services in Russia.
Poorly paid Russian health-care workers are pushing for higher wages and forming local branches of a union with the backing of anti-Kremlin activist Aleksei Navalny.
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Stas Borodin, 33, lost a good job in Moscow, his wife left him, and he was forced to return to his native Smolensk. He didn't give up, but instead started a new life and became a well-known DJ in the city.
A Russian boy who learned to love hotels during frequent visits to doctors far away, has become a hotelier in his remote hometown, thanks to his mother.
A rare genetic disorder called CLN2 causes children to lose the ability to walk, see, and speak, with most not living beyond their teens. Five-year-old Nastya, from Kamenka in Russia, is one of an estimated 1,500 worldwide suffering from it.
Nurse Sagilya Nigmatullina walks 48 kilometers a week so that she can tend to patients in the remote village of Pervomayka, in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. She earns just $150 a month but says the walk is good for her and that she's never thought of quitting.
Ukraine says it will ensure children in major regional hospitals receive an education from September 2019. Some 2,000 children are currently educated in hospitals, but one group, which runs a "School For Superheroes" in a Kyiv hospital, says 10,000 hospitalized children need schooling.
A new law which creates a new organ donor database for Ukraine has led to surgeons refusing to perform transplants. They say operating could result in prosecution because many new bylaws have yet to be enacted. The government has called the move "an act of sabotage."
Ivan Boyarintsev gave up city life hosting events to teach others how to run a traditional banya, or sauna, in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He now offers courses from beginner level to master classes and believes the banya can give meaning to his life and the lives of others.
Sergei Ivanov, a blind Russian factory worker, has lived for over 30 years in the Soviet-era village of Rusinovo, some 386 kilometers northeast of Moscow. Officials created the settlement to improve life for the blind and vision-impaired, but Ivanov, now in his late 40s, has experienced few advantages here. A 2017 broadcast of Unknown Russia helped finally make a difference.
After being diagnosed with brain cancer, Kyiv-based Russian journalist and documentary filmmaker Leonid Kanfer is determined to make the most of each day he has left.
Ten-year-old Aliya, a Kyrgyz schoolgirl, has just picked up something with her left hand for the first time. She is the first customer for a Kyrgyz-made, bionic prosthetic arm that developers promise will enable those with a limb difference to lead more independent lives.
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