Section: Transitions Online (EU)
Putin: Allah Punishing Turkish Elite
Russian president says ‘Allah only knows’ why Turkey shot down their fighter jet, but there’ll be hell to pay. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Prosecutor General and Sons Accused of Corruption
FBK anti-corruption group says Yuri Chaika’s sons illegally privatized assets, improperly won state tenders. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Tatars Threaten Sea Blockade of Crimea
Peninsula still largely without power as Russia works to link annexed territory to national energy grid. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarus, IMF in Talks on $3 Billion Loan
Has Lukashenka forgotten his warnings about the dangers of free market reforms? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
No Quick Fix for Blacked-out Crimea
Russian official concedes that completing an ‘energy bridge’ to the region could still take weeks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldovan Police: Paramilitary Band Planned Uprising
Group allegedly aimed to set up a breakaway territory like those in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Embattled Russian NGOs Propose Forming Lobby Group
Labeled ‘foreign agents,’ ‘undesirable,’ and threatened with closure, pressure groups mull creating a union to protect their common interests. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Pilot: Turkish Jets Fired Without Warning
Russia slaps restrictions on agricultural imports in first concrete action against Ankara. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Warsaw Repatriates Ethnic Poles From Eastern Ukraine
Another 188 people have arrived in Poland from the war-torn Donetsk region. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Halts Gas Supplies to Ukraine
Moscow cut gas supplies to Kyiv for nonpayment, may halt coal deliveries over Crimea blackout. …read more Source: Transitions Online...