The anti-Trump movement in the States can learn a lot from the experiences of Soviet dissidents 
The Russian authorities are keeping far too many secrets from citizens. Komanda-29 and its founder Ivan Pavlov are fighting back. 
Recent moves against Moscow’s street traders don’t only violate Russia’s Constitution and hurt the economy. They also consolidate the regime’s power. 
If you push hard enough you can get justice — even in Uzbekistan.
Mikheil Saakashvili may have left his native Georgia for Odessa, but one particular legacy of his years in power is still strong. 
Из-за теорий заговора люди становятся покорными, а правители перестают чего-либо бояться. В Азербайджане всех диссидентов считают агентами скрытого «армянского лобби». 
Giorgi Ugulava, political ally of Mikheil Saakashvili and former mayor of Tbilisi, has gone behind bars. Behind the charges of corruption may stand a darker motive – a desire for revenge.
Down on the Black Sea, ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakasvhili is making waves as the new governor of Odessa. Is the balance of the Ukrainian state beginning to shift?
Strong-arm tactics and cynical compromises are yet to send Yerevan's protesters home. Is this the beginning of the end for the politics of old in Armenia?
The oligarchs have joined forces to railroad a new labour code that strips Ukrainian workers of their already modest rights.
There are currently 59,000 women in Russian penal establishments. For many of them prison is not so much a punishment, more a way of life. 
If the EU is serious about helping Ukraine, both parties should focus on the country’s most glaring problem, and the Maidan’s principal demands – justice and the rule of law.
The EU may like to think of Moldova as its ‘star pupil’, but its unconditional support for successive corrupt governments may have lost it the support of the country’s people.
The murder of Boris Nemtsov tells us not that Putin is a strong leader, but rather one who has lost his grip.- 1 of 9
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