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Banned from Eurovision after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia will hold a rival international song contest on Saturday, with an emphasis on "traditional values". Instead of camp, think conservative - patriotic pop with a PG-rating. "Intervision" was launched under the order of Vladimir Putin , with the hope it would…

Here are the key events on day 1,304 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Police officers and soldiers work at the site of suspected remnants of a Polish missile found in the village of Choiny, in eastern Poland, on Friday Here is how things stand on Saturday, September 20: Fighting A Ukrainian…

(RNS) — Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and one of Orthodox Christianity’s most influential leaders, has begun a nearly two-week apostolic visit to the United States that included a meeting with President Donald Trump. The trip, which began Monday (Sept. 15), is the first in four years for…

By RFE/RL staff - Sep 19, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT Russian forces have repeatedly utilized underground infrastructure, including a water outflow tunnel and unused gas pipelines, to make strategic advances in Ukrainian-controlled territories. A recent operation involved Russian soldiers moving up to 13 kilometers under the Oskil River near Kupyansk,…

The departure of a top Kremlin aide who reportedly opposed the war against Ukraine leaves Russian President Vladimir Putin even more surrounded by yes-men than before, a situation that has long been flagged by Western analysts of Russia. Read More

Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said. It happened just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and heightened fears that the war in Ukraine…

Democracy Dies in Darkness War in Ukraine Kursk Incursion Cease-Fire Efforts U.S. Election Russian Airstrikes War in Ukraine Kursk Incursion Cease-Fire Efforts U.S. Election Russian Airstrikes Biden imposed new sanctions on Russia week after week, to build pressure to end the war in Ukraine. In his second term, Trump hasn’t…

A scandal dubbed ‘Gungate’ has fired up Hungary's election campaign, after the opposition's defence expert, Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, a former chief of the military staff, was spotted at a party meeting with a suspicious-looking object bulging out of his back pocket. Photos quickly went viral on pro-Fidesz propaganda media, with government…

Ukrainian forces captured a Kenyan national fighting for Russia in Kharkiv Oblast, near the town of Vovchansk, on Sept. 17, according to Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade. The man, who identified himself as Evans, said he was an athlete in civilian life and had traveled to Russia as a tourist…

KYIV – Ukrainian troops and engineers will train their Polish counterparts in a joint group on countering drones, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sept 18, a week after Russian drones flew into Poland. “We are talking about training engineers and training soldiers who will withstand and defend the…