Current Time TV - English

With U.S. President Joe Biden claiming a Russian attack on Ukraine in February is "a distinct possibility," we spoke with Ukrainians ranging from a military instructor to a mayor to learn how they are preparing for such an eventuality. en.currenttime.tv/a/stocking-the…

In Russia's latest case of funny business with official COVID-19 documents, hackers are now selling details from a government database of 48 million vaccination certificates on the dark web. en.currenttime.tv/a/hackers-sell…

Belarusian father and son Vital and Uladzislau Kuznechyk, election protesters who have lived inside the Swedish Embassy in Minsk since 2020, spoke with Current Time about the status of their ongoing attempt to receive political asylum from Sweden. en.currenttime.tv/a/belarus-swed…

If you're looking for a fun weekend activity, try out our interactive quiz on the luxurious interiors favored by former (or, in one case, allegedly current) officials for their private residences in Russia, Ukraine, and beyond. en.currenttime.tv/a/test-your-kn…

It's not just Russian troops that are growing in number along Ukraine's borders. Pro-government Russian media has picked up the war rhetoric, too. Footage Vs. Footage journalist Andrey Cherkasov reports. en.currenttime.tv/a/going-milita…

As the families of U.S. and other diplomats leave Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko stresses that "We are ready to defend our city" against an attack by Russia. en.currenttime.tv/a/ukraine-kyiv…

In a January 24 interview with Current Time, Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks described NATO member Latvia's military aid to Ukraine and chided Russia for "constantly" needing "to escalate the situation" to justify its government's policies. en.currenttime.tv/a/latvia-ukrai…

After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned to @washingtonpost the possibility of a Russian occupation of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Current Time and RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service headed to Kharkiv to get residents' own opinions. en.currenttime.tv/a/ukraine-khar…

Russian and Belarusian troops may be gathering near Belarus' Ukrainian border for "defensive" military exercises, but some residents of Ukraine's Chernihiv border region insist that armed conflict with "brotherly" Belarus will never happen. en.currenttime.tv/a/brotherly-na…

Russia may have the advantage in troop numbers, ships, and planes, but some military experts contend that, if a Russian invasion occurs, Western training and equipment have given Ukraine some advantages of its own. en.currenttime.tv/a/russia-ukrai…

What's the reason for ex-Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's long silence on the riots that cost 227 Kazakhs their lives? Most likely, power-brokering with the government, some Kazakh analysts believe. en.currenttime.tv/a/kazakh-gover…

A Current Time - Radio Svoboda investigation has unearthed evidence of Russian business links between Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev's family and associates of ex-President Nursultan Nazarbaev. en.currenttime.tv/a/toqaev-famil…

Some Russians hope that an upcoming CNN Films-HBO Max documentary about the 2020 poisoning of jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny could encourage the government to set him free. Wishful thinking? en.currenttime.tv/a/aleksei-nava…

In an interview with Current Time, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stressed that he will return to Ukraine on Jan. 17 though under suspicion of treason. Officials do not "have enough courage, forces, or will" to imprison him, he believes. en.currenttime.tv/a/ukraine-poro…

A former Kremlin advisor earlier told Current Time that Moscow will use its peacekeeping mission to Kazakhstan for leverage in talks with the U.S. over NATO and Ukraine. Will the CSTO peacekeepers' pullout, which starts today, affect any such tactic?en.currenttime.tv/a/31648609.html

Over a week after his removal from Kazakhstan's Security Council, analysts and opposition members still doubt that the influential ex-President Nursultan Nazarbaev has lost any of his power.en.currenttime.tv/a/31642364.html

With Russian-led CSTO peacekeeping troops en route to Kazakhstan, Current Time correspondent Timur Ermashev today reported "a feeling that nobody is in control" in Almaty. en.currenttime.tv/a/kazakhstan-c…

Amidst ongoing Internet and cellular-network outages, here's what we know so far about the protests in Kazakhstan that led to the cabinet's resignation and declarations of states of emergency. en.currenttime.tv/a/kazakhstan-u…

If you're looking for an excellent documentary to watch over New Year's, Vitaly Mansky's Gorbachev.Heaven is available on Current Time's site until January 3. Expect plenty to ponder. (Russian only) bit.ly/3HoSqIa

For a closeup look at how Russia's Memorial operates in the field, we earlier published this long read about its hunt for the truth about Stalin-era crimes in and around the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. en.currenttime.tv/a/mighty-memor…