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An investigation by RFE/RL has uncovered that family members of a Ukrainian legislator from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's Servant of the People party has property in Dubai worth more than $1 million -- well beyond what they could have likely afforded on their official incomes.

Russian celebrity chef and restaurateur Aleksei Zimin, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin's who ran a restaurant in central London, has been found dead in Belgrade.

Air-defense systems shot down 21 out of the 59 drones launched by Russia at targets in Ukraine early on November 14, the Ukrainian Air Force reported. The other 38 drones were lost on location after their navigation systems were jammed by Ukrainian electronic warfare systems, the air force said. Separately, Russian shelling killed two people were killed and eight wounded over the past 24 hours in the village of Shevchenko in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk, the regional prosecutor's office reported. Russia's Defense Ministry, meanwhile,

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 46th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.

DUSHANBE -- Eight former top officials, politicians, and public figures in Tajikistan have gone on trial behind closed doors on of plotting to forcibly seize power, calling for mass disorder, and inciting hatred.

A mother and her three children who were killed in a Russian attack on an apartment building in Kryviy Rih, Ukraine, earlier this week have been laid to rest. Maksym Kulyk paid tribute to his wife and children: 32-year-old Olena, 10-year-old Kyrylo, 2-year-old Demyd, and 2-month-old Uliana.

As the annual UN climate conference (COP29) takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan, RFE/RL presents exclusive coverage of environmental issues from regions that often go unnoticed or underreported.

Theater director Anastasia Berezhinskaya has been sentenced to 8 years in prison by a court in Moscow over her posts and comments on the VKontakte social network in 2022, condemning Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and making calls to "kill" and "eliminate" President Vladimir Putin.

A Kyiv church has installed heat pumps and a hospital in Odesa has built a solar panel station as groups across Ukraine look to alternative energy sources in the face of continued Russian attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure. Analysts say Ukraine can expect more long power cuts this winter.

Sometimes river waters lap high along the banks by the Kremlin in Kazan, Russia, but other times they're just a dull, muddy trickle. It's not just the weather that's causing this, and activists are crying foul.