Making Russia sanctions effective
In a bipartisan initiative, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) this week called on the… Read more »
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Journalists want probe into Russian colleague’s self-immolation
International journalist associations have joined Monday’s appeal of the Russian Union of Journalists, RUJ, for Russian authorities to investigate the the death of the editor-in-chief of an independent news site… Read more »
How Russia handles uprisings: Belarus vs Armenia
Belarus and Armenia: How Russia handles uprisings | European Council on Foreign Relations https://t.co/2kDobRcDvK — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 16, 2020 Top officials at the State Department have been… Read more »
Why Russians and Belarusians are rejecting ‘backwards-looking autocrats’
Russia: who wanted Alexei Navalny dead? https://t.co/kcyoYvClkf via @financialtimes — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 31, 2020 Prominent Russian blogger Yegor Zhukov (below) was beaten near his Moscow home late… Read more »
Corruption has replaced ideology as the glue that binds kleptocratic regimes
Authoritarian regimes exploit 7 legal loopholes to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars into U.S. and European elections. In a new report, @JoshRudes and Thomas Morley explain what democracies… Read more »
Navalny – ‘who Putin fears most’ – exposed Russia’s kleptocracy
NEW: Yesterday, the world was shocked to learn that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is fighting for his life after apparently being poisoned. Here’s what he’s done to expose… Read more »
Another reset with Russia? Now is not the time, say experts
Protesters in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, where rallies against President Vladimir Putin’s role in a regional political crisis have been going on for almost a month, have voiced… Read more »
Investigate arson attack on anti-corruption activist, says Ukraine’s civil society
Vitaliy Shabunin, the head of Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), reported the attack after his family home was set on fire on Wednesday evening. While the investigation is ongoing, witnesses… Read more »
‘No one’ protecting democracy from ‘new normal’ of Russian influence ops
UK ministers accused of turning blind eye to any Russian interference https://t.co/GDoyWZp96D via @financialtimes — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 21, 2020 The British government “actively avoided” investigating the “new… Read more »
Defending against the weaponization of corruption
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing one of the worst coronavirus epidemics in the world, an ongoing corruption investigation, and a procession of ministers deserting his cabinet. To top… Read more »