Facing digital surveillance, bribes, humiliation and street harassment, Kyrgyz taxi driver Alym never has an easy life in ...

The most talked about story in Russia right now is the handful of young street musicians who recently escaped from the country after being targeted for daring to sing protest songs. It began in St.

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...