Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Moldovan ‘Theft of the Century’ Solved?
Authorities could soon start bringing home some of the vanished $1 billion. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Suspected Russian Spam King Arrested in Spain
The FBI is dismantling what it called a massive illegal operation that enslaved thousands of computers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Sanctions or Relief for Belarus? Washington Waits to Decide
Anti-Lukashenka mood could revive in U.S., EU over his crackdown on dissent, renewed ties with Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Puts Squeeze on Soccer Hooligans
Authorities are cracking down on hardcore fans weeks before a curtain-raiser to the 2018 World Cup. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Assures South Ossetia of Full Support
The new leader of the South Caucasus breakaway state gets the only endorsement that matters. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldovan, Ukrainian Authorities Say Murder Plot Targeted Moldovan Politician
Seventeen people, including two connected to the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, were detained for allegedly planning to kill Vladimir Plahotniuc. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Face Russian Ban
Government argues that refusing blood transfusions is no less dangerous than advocating equal rights for homosexuals. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldovan President and Prime Minister Increasingly at Loggerheads
From a potential referendum, to membership in the Eurasian Economic Union and the relationship with the EU, Igor Dodon and Pavel Filip cannot find any common ground. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Tightening the RuNet Screws
Russian lawmakers want to ban kids from social media, require ‘real name’ registration. From Global Voices. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Fake News in the Service of Post-Truth Belarus
The fate of the Independent Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Studies emphasizes the need to protect the few remaining independent sources of information in the country. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
