Bosnian-Croat General and convicted war criminal Slobodan Praljak took a fatal dose of poison in a courtroom in The Hague. But in a larger sense he had been poisoned decades before. (The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
It must be recognized that the Putin regime has nearly completed the transformation from a so-called hybrid regime to full-fledged totalitarianism, says Garry Kasparov. Using elections as a means of political struggle in a totalitarian regime is -- by definition -- impossible.
The failure to dismiss Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk followed a prearranged script, in which President Petro Poroshenko was either an active participant or a puppet master.
Just five months ago, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan and his ruling party looked to be in decline. But after new elections, Turks seem to have chosen his style of strong leadership.
Throughout its history, my country -- the Soviet Union -- conducted cruel and arbitrary mass purges; participated in international political terrorism; fostered new totalitarian regimes; committed aggression; and violated fundamental principles of law. Russia has returned to that behavior.
Today, June 5, Khadija Ismayilova has been in prison for six months. But everything started much earlier than December 5, 2014, when she was arrested and incarcerated.
Awkward silence or a strong message? The dilemmas facing the EU ahead of the May 21-22 Eastern Partnership summit in Riga are far from trivial.
Imagine trying to hold the election amid threats from within and without, a teetering economy, an atmosphere of tense uncertainty, and under the watchful eye of the world.
In Russia we have paid dearly, very dearly, for words:
As I watch the news and images from Crimea, I can’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. It's as if am reliving the 1992 break-up of Yugoslavia and the beginning of the Bosnian war.
Czech President Milos Zeman’s recent invitation appears all the more inappropriate and controversial -- an underserved gift that risks to legitimize Uzbek President Islam Karimov’s repressive rule.
The real crime in a growing number of cases in Azerbaijan is not hooliganism or any of the other accusations but criticism of the ruling regime, argues Rebecca Vincent. People are serving serious jail time in Azerbaijan for simply disagreeing with the government.
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