Triumfalnaya Square Protest Fizzles In Moscow
The recent protests against Russian Prime Minister Medvedev’s alleged corruption, exposed by Putin critic, Alexei Navalny, caused Moscow to further tighten controls on freedom of...
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Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Calls For New Protest
The recent anti-corruption protests against the Russian government, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in particular, have obviously gotten the Kremlin’s attention. Today Russia opened a...
Romanian Government Refuses To Quit
With a half-million protesters in the streets of Bucharest on the sixth day of public anger, the largest demonstrations since the end of communism, the...
Georgia Leading Corruption Battle In The Region
Georgia’s score in the Corruption Perception Index is 57 and is ranked 44th among 176 countries. Georgia remains the leader among former Soviet states, with...
Opinion: Time Is Running Out For Ukraine
Opinion: Time Is Running Out For Ukraine....
Putin Is Also Draining The Swamp…
Putin Is Also Draining The Swamp…Wrapping up a meeting about state funding for science, Putin questioned the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yevgeny...
Kudrin Dishes On Kremlin Corruption Arrest
Alexey Kudrin, former Russian finance minister and confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the arrest of a high level economic minister is a sea...
US Offers $4.2M Grant To Moldova For Democratic And Transparent Governance
The United States of America will offer a grant of 4,2 million US dollars to the Republic of Moldova for developing a democratic and transparent...
NYT Story About Ukrainian Documents Implicating Manafort Possibly Manufactured
As a journalist and writer I have spent a great deal of time in Kiev, Ukraine. Last fall, I was introduced to the National Anti-corruption...
Opinion: Should Ukraine Be Worried About Trump?
Opinion: Should Ukraine Be Worried About Trump?...