New Eastern Europe - November-December 2017

59 tices at funerals. Following a campaign against people who have an “Islamic ap- pearance”, such as men wearing long beards, t ...

60 special green attire that is designed to reflect the Islamic and Tajik traditions. As in the case of male religious teachers, ...

61 nal code in order to impose tougher punishments against witchcraft and sorcery. Those who are accused of being involved in ma ...

Putin and his monsters ARTEM FILATOV The Russian president is flipping the switch after 17 years in office. At the start of the ...

63 other big cities with divisive rhetoric. His administration organised large rallies in order to mobilise his target audience ...

64 of the Kirov region, Nikita Belyh, is in custody since the summer 2016 after being accused of receiving a “large bribe” of 40 ...

65 the cornerstone of the presidential campaign. Putin’s team, however, apparently does not want to risk his image as being the ...

66 to demonstrate that the Kremlin has not lost control of the young Russians after the opposition rallies that took place in Ma ...

67 in the context of next year’s election, was attacked several times. The head of his Moscow headquarters was also vandalised. ...

The Kremlin sets its eyes on YouTube SVITLANA OVCHAROVA In Russia YouTube is becoming the main platform for political conflict a ...

69 Dimon or not Dimon? The film which pushed thousands to protest across Russia was a documentary investigation by the Anti-Corr ...

70 Yellow sneakers Video bloggers, sometimes referred to as YouTubers, are the new idols of the younger generation. Millions of ...

71 million users, spoke before the Duma deputies. Topics in her videos are not related to politics, she mainly talks about cosme ...

72 a press release for the event, it was reported that the main purpose of the first meeting was to determine the format of inte ...

73 (around 15,000 euros) for the development of video blogs about politics. Fifteen video bloggers out of more than 100 applican ...

74 This year has shown that the authorities are testing the soil and working out a strategy before the presidential election. At ...

Central Europe is more vulnerable than it appears PÉTER KREKÓ, EDIT ZGUT AND LÓRÁNT GYŐRI Since the beginning of the conflict in ...

76 to aid in the secession of Transcarpathia. At that time, there were also a series of demonstrations pushing for this goal. In ...

77 the real “troublemakers” throughout the region: secessionists, revisionists and ultranationalist organisations. Bargaining wi ...

78 bilities for reducing the fighting potential of the enemy”. In this case, the obvious enemy is Ukraine. Violent love At the s ...