In a new report, Freedom House warns that economic woes are threatening the stability of “entrenched dictatorships” in the former Soviet Union, the migration crisis is fueling populism in Eastern Europe, and reforms in the Balkans are in retreat. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “naked embrace of autocracy” deepened in 2015, the U.S.-based human rights group … Continue reading Freedom House says economic troubles threaten stability in ex-Soviet ‘dictatorships’