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Iryna Kondratova is head of the Kharkiv Regional Perinatal Centre. © Ihor Tambiiev

Kondratova: Saving Kharkhiv’s Babies

The doctor never left her clinic, providing critical support to mothers and newborns.

22 Feb 23

Oleksandr Kamyshin is head of Ukraine’s rail state company. © Ukrzaliznytsia’s press office

Kamyshin: Leading Ukraine’s Iron Diplomacy

How a manager tasked with reforming a train network became a wartime director of operations.

22 Feb 23

A mother holds the children she gave birth to as a result of in-vitro fertilisation. In January, the Armenian government announced a large-scale free programme to address the country's low infertility rate. © Fertility Center of Armenia

Armenia Offers Free IVF to Tackle Population Decline

Authorities are taking measures to address high infertility rate and address demographic challenges.

3 Feb 23

Family doctor Natalya Tunik conducts a medical appointment in Sunki, a village in the central region of Cherkasy, where there is no hospital. © Photo courtesy of N. Tunik

Doctors on Wheels: Ukraine’s Mobile Medical Teams

Project delivers medical aid to people in remote areas and those displaced by the war.

2 Feb 23

Left: A boy from Bobrovyi Kut chooses a toy distributed by volunteers. Right: A girl in Kalinivskoe receives soft toys from volunteers. © Anastasia Rokitna

Ukraine: Scars of Occupation Run Deep

Locals say that the physical and emotional damage will take a long time to heal.

31 Jan 23

Supporters of former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili gather outside court in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo from 2021. © Daro Sulakauri/Getty Images

Georgia: Fate of Ailing Saakashvili Remains Unclear

Tbilisi has refused to acknowledge medical needs as genuine or to release jailed former leader for treatment.

17 Jan 23

A mosque in the village of Karakemer, in Kazakstan’s south-eastern Jambyl province. Kazakstans laws foresee that citizens can be punished for dissemination of religious materials, even if they are of a non-extremist nature. This even extends to selling a copy of the Quran or the New Testament on classified sites. © Petr Trotsenko RFE/RL

Kazakstan: Fined for a Book of Bible Stories

Citizens can be punished for dissemination of religious materials, even if of a non-extremist nature.

13 Jan 23

On December 23, 2022, Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev inaugurated the Tagzym memorial in the country's largest city of Almaty. Meaning bowing in Kazak, the Tagzym honour the 238 victims of the unrest that swept Kazakstan in early January 2022. © Kazakhstan's presidential office

A Year on From Kazakstan’s Bloody January

Murky investigation and lack of accountability followed violence that scarred a nation.

11 Jan 23

Two Kyiv residents pose in front of the Christmas tree set up in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. It is a subdued festivity: a sober tree has replaced the traditional light show and Christmas village in the majestic Santa Sophia square. © Dmytro Larin

Ukraine: “No One Can Steal Our Christmas Spirit”

Ukrainians remain defiant as they brace for what will be a tough holiday season.

23 Dec 22

“Happy Chanukah” and a menorah stitched on cloth during a children’s gathering at the Mygdal Jewish Centre. © Zhenia Pedin / IWPR

Light Over Darkness: Hannukah in Odesa

As Russian shelling plunges Ukraine into blackout, the Jewish community celebrates a miracle that has particular resonance amid the war.

22 Dec 22

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