A drone loaded with 17 kilos of C-4 explosives was found on the outskirts of Moscow, Rusian state news agency TASS reported on April 24, quoting an unnamed source in law enforcement.
Karim Masimov, the former chief of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB), has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over his role in deadly events that followed unprecedented anti-government protests in the Central Asian country in January 2022.
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on April 22 he did not want to "please anyone" with his views about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after provoking criticism in the West for suggesting Kyiv shared the blame for the war.
Extraordinary local elections are being held in four municipalities in northern Kosovo with ethnic Serb majorities on April 23 where local mayors resigned in November 2022 to protest a cross-border dispute over vehicle registrations.
China's ambassador to France has sparked anger in Eastern Europe and "consternation" in Paris after questioning the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries.