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Zagreb city boss’s death will upend Croatian politics

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CROATIA

Municipal elections on May 16 will be particularly significant in Zagreb, where Bandic’s death lays wide open Croatia’s third-most-important political contest, after those for…

Wagner leader poses a threat to Putin’s Russia

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RUSSIA

On the back of his mercenaries’ success in Ukraine, he has used social media to berate the defence ministry, the general staff and Putin himself, albeit indirectly, as a doddery…

Uzbek reforms are dynamic but rely on leader's drive

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UZBEKISTAN

Since coming to power in 2016, Uzbek President Shavqat Mirzioyev has launched wide-ranging structural and economic reforms. There has been progress on economic change, although…

Protests could shift Albania towards authoritarianism

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ALBANIA

Student protests demanding fundamental reform have resumed with the new term and are spreading beyond Tirana to other groups, including -- worryingly for Prime Minister Edi Rama…

Global South tightens social media grip amid protests

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INT

Civil society actors routinely use social media to spread content that fuels anti-government sentiment, to organise demonstrations and to document and amplify protest actions…

Early Rousseff exit in Brazil appears ever more likely

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BRAZIL

The largely peaceful demonstrations are the latest chapter in the deepening political crisis. This has been triggered by the ever-expanding 'petrolao' corruption scandal centred…

Putin is unlikely to tempt Russia’s wealthy to return

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RUSSIA

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Leonid Volkov, among others, contend that imposing sanctions on critics of the war is unfair, and that other sanctioned elites might be encouraged to…

Romanian protests will invigorate pro-reform forces

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ROMANIA

The political fallout from anti-government demonstrations.

Estonia affair will tighten checks on money laundering

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ESTONIA/DENMARK

The impact of the recent money laundering scandal.

Caribbean tax haven scrutiny will bring little reform

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CARIBBEAN

The fallout from the 'Panama Papers'.