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COVER FEATURE
28 Shelling Russia’s White House
in 1993
32 Storming parliaments: New Europe's greatest hits
35 The oligarch problem 40 OUTLOOK 2021
CENTRAL EUROPE
44 Estonian premier quits after Tallinn development scandal
46 Czech Pirates and Mayors approve final coalition agreement for 2021 elections
47 Transparency International warns of high corruption risk in CEE defence sectors
48 Poland and Hungary lift their blockade of EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
50 ‘Lost hope’ on Turkey’s jobs market threatens Erdogan
51 Arrera Automobili aims to launch Albania’s first supercar
52 Montenegro’s special prosecution probes finance minister over €750mn Eurobond issue
53 Heavy flooding causes chaos in parts of Southeast Europe
EASTERN EUROPE
54 Making Magnit Great again
58 Fencing club memberships surge following success
of Russia’s answer to the Queen’s Gambit hit mini- series
59 Kremlin creating pro-Russia party in Belarus
61 Has Navalny started a revolution?
EURASIA
64 Fears of authoritarianism as Kyrgyz populist wins landslide and backing for ‘Khanstitution’
65 Fallout from execution of dissident journalist scuppers Iran-Europe business forum
66 EBRD backs “success story” TBC as it cuts stake in Georgia’s largest bank to 5%
67 Georgia’s political kingpin Bidzina Ivanishvili quits politics
OPINION
68 Corruption steals back into the Russian political agenda as Mishustin and Krasnov target the institutional profiteers
70 The controversial recipe for building up Albania
72 Uzbekistan is being transformed, but where are the democratic reforms?
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74 NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS