Moldova to allow billionaire’s pro-Kremlin party to field candidates in elections – POLITICO

Shor welcomed the verdict. “This decision not only restores the rights of individuals, but also calls into question the legitimacy of the past elections,” he said Tuesday in a Instagram post. Shor was sentenced in 2017 to 7.5 years in prison — later increased to 15 years — on fraud and money laundering charges in … Read more

Keep fighting, quit drinking, have babies – POLITICO

No mention of Navalny “Basically, it was just a festival of extravagant generosity,” wrote independent analyst Abbas Gallyamov.  But, he added, once the election is over, Russians await “unpopular measures: a new mobilization wave, the increase of fighting age and everything else they’ve thought of.”  In a first, Putin’s address was not just shown on … Read more