Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Russia Plays Cat and Mouse With Telegram
Google, Apple, Amazon could be roped in as Moscow tries to enforce a shutdown of the popular app. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarus Turns the Screws on Online Media
Journalists push back against proposed amendments that would complicate the work of online reporters and impose restrictions on social media users. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Fears of Radiation Leak From Flooded Ukraine Mine
Kyiv and Washington are calling on Ukrainian separatists not to stop the pumps in a mine where a small nuclear bomb was detonated in 1979. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Azeri-Dutch Journalist Dodges Baku’s Extradition Bid
Ukraine decides against sending reporter back to Azerbaijan, where he faces charges similar to those thrown at other regime critics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A Likely Story: Russia Urges Foreign-Based Students to Come Home
Government agency launches program aimed at students in Britain and other “unfriendly countries.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Partners in Piety: Inside Ukraine’s Evangelical Business Empire
This church will “really change your consciousness and reform your life”. But at what cost? From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Doubts Raised Over Russian Journalist’s Death
Authorities are not treating Maxim Borodin’s death as a crime, although colleagues say the young reporter’s stories about local mercenaries might have hit a nerve. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Infighting Hits Opposition Camp as Moscow Mayoral Campaign Opens
Two liberals are fighting for the chance to oust Kremlin man Sobyanin from one of Russia’s most powerful elected posts. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Merkel Gives Ground on Nord Stream 2
Berlin has until now stressed the pipeline’s commercial advantages, but can no longer ignore the swelling chorus of discontent. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest U.S. Sanctions Take Aim at Russian Oligarchs
Russian stocks plunge as investors react to a stinging new round of economic measures. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
