Section: Transitions Online (EU)
EU Slaps New Sanctions on Crimea, Might Drop Them for Yanukovych Cabal
Plus, Poland raises veto threat on UK immigration curbs, and the ruble’s tumble falls hard on Russia’s neighbors. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Lukashenka Code
Book excerpt: Why is the Belarusian leader so reviled in the West yet so firmly entrenched at home? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Calls for ‘Political’ Solution in Ukraine, China Pledges Billions for Southeast Europe
Plus, Belarus-Russian squabble over food ban could end soon; Russian sailors training in France set for return home. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ghost in the Machine
Yanukovych may have left Ukraine, but some of his plans for restricting the Internet live on. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Peace Talks May Resume; Kosovo Serbs Demand Review of Property Deals
Plus, archeologists fume as Russian gold miner resumes work at ancient site in Georgia, and Armenia will launch a probation service in hopes of trimming prison population. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Sixteen Years Behind Bars in Russia
A young woman learns ‘there is only one law in prison: everyone does as they want.’ From MediaZona. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Estonian Says He Spied for Russia; Merkel Revives South Stream Hopes
Plus, British police smash an East European trafficking gang and Albanian mobsters sing as a big underworld trial opens. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Accreditation Crunch
Belarusian journalists working for foreign media outlets used to get warnings. Now they’re getting trials. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moscow Denies Near Miss With Poland-Bound Flight, China and Kazakhstan Sign Cooperation Deals
Plus, EU ombudsman says key evidence is missing in Kosovo legal probe, and Serbia’s flag carrier resumes flights to Zagreb after a 23-year break. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moscow’s Parking Wars
New restrictions leave drivers feeling like targets. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
