Hours after 81-year-old President Joe Biden announced he was abandoning his bid for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the nomination, VOA spoke with Americans on the streets of New York about their reactions to the historic news.
Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says dictators must be shown 'they cannot own people'
Days before news broke that a grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump, VOA asked passers-by near Trump Tower in New York City for their thoughts on the expected legal action. Igor Tsikhanenka reports. Camera: Alex Barash.
White House says prisoners make up 90% of mercenary group casualties in Ukraine
White House says prisoners make up 90% of mercenary group casualties on front lines
Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya talks to VOA about how authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is trying to help Russia’s battered military
The city's citizens talk about living under an eight-month Russian occupation and their worries about what comes next.
Azeri man facing weapons charges after being seen lurking outside home of VOA Persian host Masih Alinejad
Azeri man faces weapons charges after being seen lurking outside home of VOA Persian host Masih Alinejad
The conflict in Ukraine may have shed some light on Moscow’s cyber capabilities
Current, former Washington officials worry that some US military supplies could be trafficked in Ukraine, which gets poor grades for perceived corruption in influential global survey
Russia is clamping down on news and the internet. Overseas media organizations and activists are finding new ways in.
Other photos show Russian soldiers mailing apparently looted goods at a delivery service in Belarus
Head of Ukrainian state agency provides VOA with photos he says he took on April 5
Deputy commander of biggest pro-Ukraine Belarusian battalion tells VOA it has almost 500 troops and thousands more applicants awaiting vetting
Meanwhile, tech giants, international media look to digital tools tools to provide average Russians with unfiltered news
Crackdown by Lukashenko helps drive increase in Belarussian asylum-seekers at US-Mexico border
The continuing crackdown on pro-democracy activists following the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus has spurred a wave of political asylum seekers. VOA’s Igor Tsikhanenka spoke with some who undertook a long and uncertain journey to Mexico and on to the United States in recent months.
In an interview with VOA, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she is in the US to push for democratic progress in Belarus
In an interview with VOA, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says she is here to press for support for Belarus
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