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Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
HELSINKI (AP) — The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later. The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June...
Kazakhstan arrests a former interior minister over crackdown on unrest that left 238 dead
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested a former interior minister in connection with a deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022, local media reported Tuesday. The prosecutor general's office announced on Monday that Erlan...
Belarus convicts a famous dissident rock band and sentences its members to correctional labor
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted a famous dissident rock band, designating the band and its three members as extremist and sentencing them to two years of correctional labor. It was the latest in a yearslong crackdown on dissent that has engulfed this country of...
Russia extends deadline for preliminary probe into Kremlin foe Navalny's death in prison, ally says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have extended the deadline for a preliminary probe into the still unexplained death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his ally said Wednesday. Ivan Zhdanov, director of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, said on...
Belarus arrests well-known activist on charges punishable by up to 4 years in prison, group says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have arrested a well-known activist on charges punishable by up to four years in prison, the country's oldest rights group said Tuesday in what appears to be the latest in the yearslong crackdown on dissent. Dzmitry Kuchuk, whose...
