Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist in Kyiv
Police are treating Pavel Sheremet’s death as premeditated murder. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Heads Roll in Doping Scandal
Allegations of state-sponsored doping during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics might lead to Rio Games ban. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
With Blinders On
Russia’s privileged young millennials are savvy and sophisticated but also disillusioned, paranoid, and politically apathetic. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Impending Pokemon Release in Russia Triggers Panic Among Some
Russian conservatives fear that players might become spies for the CIA. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Land Rush Off to Slow Start
Critics say the plots of land available free to citizens are too small to sustain a farm or other venture. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarusian Customs Officials Corner Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mistaken for Metallica, the band plays along and signs autographs. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Mongolian Dam Funding Paused Over Russian Concerns
In a rare show of unity, the Kremlin and environmental groups concur on the risks posed to unique Lake Baikal by the proposed dam. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Still a Mystery: The Tunguska Explosion
Most scientists believe that “the most powerful explosion in documented history,” as the BBC put it, was caused by a meteor or a comet. All agree it left part of Siberia a wasteland. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Tunguska Explosion
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NATO Leaders Agree to Boosts Presence in Poland, Baltics
Thousands of troops to be deployed in Eastern Europe, in the most decisive move to counter Russia since the end of the Cold War. …read more Source: Transitions Online...