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Armenia, Politics

Russian-Armenian Billionaire’s Empire Under Siege

by Arshaluys Barseghyan 03 Sep 202503 Sep 2025

Samvel Karapetyan’s backing for conservative clerics accused of plotting a coup landed him in hot water with Armenian authorities. From OC Media.

Civil society, Politics, Turkey

Turkey: A Generation Awakened

by Madeleine Long and Alix Minet 25 Jun 202525 Jun 2025

International politics, Media, Russia

Evan Gershkovich’s Arrest Will Degrade Media Coverage of Russia

by Ilya Yablokov 17 Apr 202307 Jun 2023

Business, Central Europe & Baltics, Finance, Poland, Technology

Arresting Huawei’s March on Warsaw

by Lukasz Sarek 04 Feb 201920 Feb 2020

Around the Bloc, Kazakhstan, Minorities

China Said to Free Xinjiang Camp Inmates… Into House Arrest

by Transitions 29 Jan 201918 May 2020

Central Europe & Baltics, Commentary, Eastern Europe & Russia, Politics, Romania, Society, Southeastern Europe

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

by Peter Gross 11 Jul 201829 Jun 2020

Around the Bloc, Tajikistan

Is Interpol Becoming a Tool for Tyrants?

by Transitions 02 Nov 201720 Feb 2020

Around the Bloc, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Silent on Reason for Writer’s Detention

by Transitions 28 Sep 201720 Feb 2020

Albania, Around the Bloc

Former Albanian Dictator’s Grandson Faces Jail

by Transitions 21 Jun 201720 Feb 2020

Around the Bloc, Russia, Tajikistan

Russian Police Arrest St. Petersburg Scientologists

by Transitions 08 Jun 201720 Feb 2020