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Popularly known as the “two friends,” populist President Sadyr Japarov and his top ally, Kamchybek Tashiev, have dealt with most of their perceived enemies while retaining public approval. Any potential fallout between the pair looks like the most obvious threat to their regime.
CHISINAU — An estimated 80,000 people packed into the center of the Moldovan capital last month for the largest pro-European Union gathering in years as the ties binding this tiny eastern European country to Russia fray amid the war in Ukraine. EU, NATO and Moldovan flags were visible all over Chisinau’s Great National Assembly Square on May 21 as attendees listened to speeches by Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu and the head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. “The future is now!” shouted one member of the crowd as Sandu walked onstage to chants of “Maia Sandu...
The Journal of Democracy's January 2022 issue features an exchange on the future of democracy, a collection of essays on the coup in Tunisia, and more.
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(Bloomberg) -- When Michael Strogonov helped set up a payments company in Britain, few could have guessed his troubled past. Strogonov, 53, who described himself in corporate filings as a Russian based in Italy, didn’t appear to hold any other directorships, U.K. company records show.