Epstein Secrets

ategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians 1. Andrew E. Kramer, "New Russian History:Yes, People Died,

Observatory delegation gave the referendum an enthusiastic thumbs-up.3 Moscow has paid considerable attention to evolving political developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Despite their relatively recent histories of Soviet subjugation and communist rule, a number of these countries have seen the rise of populist or

rating Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Europe. Andrew Lax is the Head of Asset Management Europe. In a

Ferland was an Associate at Merrill Lynch Global Principal Investments where he was imol ed in a variety of real estate acquisitions, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Ferland was a corporate attorney in New York City. Mr. Ferland received a dual degree in Common and Civil Law from McG

ion supporter ikhail Khodorkovsky was dispatched to a Rus- sian prison for 10 years for daring to challenge Putin. In 2017, anticorruption campaigner Andrei Navalny, widely regarded as the most serious challenger to Putin, was effectively eliminated from the 2018 presidential contest after being convicted

e-friendly organizations have generally been left alone. emorial, the human rights organization founded to carry forward the ideals associated with Andrey Sakharov, was one of the first groups to be unilaterally registered as a foreign agent by the Justice Ministry in 2014. In 2015, the ministry accuse

held them for two months before their release.”' Yet at the same time, the Kremlin was al- legedly fostering anti-fracking demonstrations in parts of Central and Eastern Europe.”? Russia organizes bogus election-monitoring missions that give a stamp of approval to polling in Crimea and other authoritar- ian settings, while e