Six observations to ring in a worrying CEE November
Ah, finally back. And it’s about time, as political intrigue, espionage and crime are...
Blog posts from all corners... and now boxing picks!
Questions and answers part 2--Syrskyi out; the vory and... drugs in Europe (and Poland)
As promised, we are back with more questions sent in from perusers of The...
Questions and answers: the war in Ukraine, China... and Fedorov
Questions and answers. Well… a lot of questions anyway. As for the answers, I’ll...
The arrest of Ilya T.--irrelevant or harbinger of Russian collapse?
What a difference a week makes. While we do not want to take this...
War in Ukraine Update: Crimea cut off, Russians stalled but grinding...
To call coverage of the war in Ukraine flighty would be a compliment. In...
CEE Crime, Spy and Somewhat Appalling Politics Roundup (May 18, 2026): Drug Busts and Bad Cops... and Serbia
Drugs, mafia, murder and disappeared bodies. That’s right--over the past few weeks, Central and...
War in Ukraine update: More and more cracks appearing in Russia as May 9 "victory celebrations" approach
Building on last month’s post (yes, it’s been more than a month), the ante...
Investigator notes: Orban out, Hormuz talks fail... and the tide of narcotics to CEE becomes a flood
As the world teeters on the brink of more (and more atrocious) levels of...
Investigator notes on Hormuz, tankers, Irish petrol lines... and lessons from the 1980 Iraq-Iran war
There are times when world events simply overshadow the dark and seedy corners that...
Of bombs, murder, spies, gas pipelines... and the Hungarian elections
It’s the Monday of the Central European/Polish Easter weekend so let’s talk about the...