Secret Kremlin Document: How Russia Plans to Overturn Moldova
Source: Karl-Erik Leik / Delfi EstoniaHow to make a satellite state out of an independent Moldova? Russia has a ready-made plan: to support pro-Putin politicians, activists, and the Orthodox Church; to make the country dependent on gas; to discourage the EU and NATO; and to stir up social conflicts.
Leaked files reveal panic at Russian-led bank in Budapest
Illustration: Péter Somogyi (szarvas) / TelexThe Orbán government tried to help unfreeze the funds blocked by European authorities and tried to help the Russians avoid direct Western sanctions. Hacked emails expose the behind-the-scenes operations of the International Investment Bank
“Conspiracy-theory media outlets are like a sect,” says former staff writer
Source: Lukáš Nechvátal / InvestigaceHow does a lover of critical thinking turn into someone who runs away from a so-called alternative media outlet once it becomes a disinformation channel?
Secret Kremlin document: how Russia plans to take over Belarus
Source: Karl-Erik Leik and Mart Nigola / Delfi EstoniaWe have obtained a document that shows how Russia plans to take control of Belarus. The strategy, written for Vladimir Putin’s administration, envisions the Russian incorporation of Belarus by 2030.
NOTES FROM THE REGION
Journalism in Slovakia is under threat – on a daily basis

Coalition and opposition leaders in Slovakia decided that the fifth anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová was a good occasion to attack journalists. By the end of the week, a journalist from public radio faced threats of torture, rape, and death.
Reintegration plans of the post-soviet region and the threats it holds for Europe

The last few hundred years of Russian history have been characterized by well-documented cycles: consolidation, expansion, collapse. Strengthening, expansion, collapse. The 1990s were a period of collapse, the 2000s of consolidation. Now is a time of expansion – writes Anton Bendarjevskiy.
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