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The Kremlin takes control of the internet in Russia’s Duma elections
Russia Duma elections are underway but the election is not about re-electing the ruling United Russia Party but more to ensure that jailed anti-corruption activist and opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s smart voting project is a total failure.
Georgian tourism struggles to recover
Once a key economic driver, the sector has been hard hit by COVID-19 and political turbulence.
LONG READ: Russia's hybrid Duma elections
Russia goes to the polls this weekend to vote in a new Duma. There is little doubt that the ruling United Russia will win a majority. The elections are fixed. But in many regions the elections are fair and those are the smart voting targets.
SPB Exchange driving Russia's retail equity investment revolution
Russia is going through a retail investment revolution. Plunging interest rates at bank deposits – long the favoured store of wealth for the average person – have led to a boom in Russians investing into equities.
DATACRUNCH: Serbia makes a strong recovery from a modest crisis
Serbia was one of the best performers in the entire emerging Europe region in 2020 and is now on track for rapid growth this year.
INTERVIEW: Benjamin Roll, Czech protest leader
Million Moments chairman says his protest movement is ready to take centre stage again as Prime Minister Andrej Babis chases re-election next month.
Russia's ultra-convenience shopping’s future isn’t just online
Europe’s largest retail market may see sales from small local shops offering low-price basic items more than double over the next five years. Russia's new "ultra-convenience" stores are the next big thing in retail.
Memoir | 9/11 shifted the world. In Central Asia, diplomatic frenzy ensued
Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of US engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.
bneGreen: Green push comes to steel
The world got its first delivery of carbon-free steel last month, setting a pair of green goalposts for the industry’s future. Progress for the moment and future, all the same, will require changes in production processes, feed stock and fuels.
As Georgia rebuffs the West, investors reconsider
Country's image as a business haven seems to have reached its limits. Raft of scandals, major failed investment deals and a corrupt, unreformed judiciary have nearly ground investment to a halt.
Foreign companies dominate Hungary’s B2C scene
Last year sales jumped 45% to €2.5bn, fuelled by lockdowns and changing consumer patterns.
Azerbaijan-Russia relations sour over Karabakh disagreements
Baku has been increasingly airing public criticisms of Moscow over the post-war order, which have been exacerbated by the lack of a formal mandate for the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh.
bneGreen: Meat’s animal-free future
Startups in emerging Europe developing alternative proteins are part of a growing movement aimed at helping to fight climate change and feed the world’s expanding population.
Hazara Mongols fearing extinction in Afghanistan dream of return to ancient homeland
Repressed ethnic minority dread renewed persecution under second Taliban regime. Academics in Mongolia wonder if legends about “how we will go and bring our people back” could come true.
Unpacking Eurasia’s role in the Afghanistan evacuation
Most of the countries Eurasianet covers were involved in the airlift. Some even contributed troops during the 20-year war.
