Russian Federation

Nenad Popovic, a nationalist Serbian minister known for his ties to the Kremlin, took part in a dubious privatization that...

Human Constanta, a Belarusian human rights organization, has documented two cases in which Chechens claiming asylum — and...

Despite its own embargo intended to limit Belarus’s capacity to repress critics, the EU is supplying surveillance equipment...

A tug-of-war over a Russian citizen detained in Greece sheds light on a global struggle over policing the...

How a small firm of wealth advisers built up a $3 billion “golden passports” industry and gained influence in the...

The fake news sites that flourished in Macedonia in 2016 weren’t just the work of local teenagers — they involved...

Newly revealed Panama Papers files contain definitive proof that the mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Gennadiy...

Drug trafficker and Russian organized crime figure Vasily Khristoforov was designated by the US Treasury in 2017 as a...

The founder of Faroz, one of Tajikistan’s most successful companies, had no intention of feuding with the regime. But after...

Tajikistan is not an easy place to do business — but it’s possible if you’re willing to pay up. Here’s how a mining company...

Authoritarian, impoverished Tajikistan once boasted one of the most effective opposition parties among the former Soviet...

A quarter-million dollars from the Azerbaijani Laundromat went to a US energy consultant of Azerbaijani origin who, for...