These Open Society Institute reports assess the extent of corruption in the candidate states of Central and Eastern Europe and the legal and institutional structures and policies with which governments are seeking to combat it in light of the EU accession process and evolving EU norms and standards.
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Bulgaria) (588.38 Kb pdf file)
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Monitoring the EU Accession Process (Romania) (609.12 Kb pdf file)
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Navalny’s Legacy
Night Country: The Mysterious Death of Alexei Navalny in Putin’s Russia
![Alexei Navalny and other demonstrators march in memory of a murdered Kremlin critic in Moscow on February 29, 2020. Photo credit: © Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Alexei Navalny and other demonstrators march in Moscow.](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/0e07e11d-4ad9-4126-bd4c-c3df003752da/20240220-kudryavtsev-moscow-navalny-2020-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875)
Alexei Navalny’s death underscores the paradox of Russian power—that the voice of one man imprisoned and isolated in the Arctic should be such a threat.
Fighting Corruption
A Global Forcefield of Accountability
![A demonstrator holds a placard calling for sanctions against Russian oligarchs in London, on March 13, 2022. Photo credit: © Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty A woman at a protest holding a sign that says, "Pressure Russian Oligarchs"](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/e05bd49e-aec0-4b05-8dbf-289380ee6ee7/20221209-london-targeted-sanctions-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C1875)
Magnitsky sanctions and their like have emerged as powerful tools for fighting corruption and upholding human rights. But some fixes are urgently needed to strengthen their ability to hold kleptocrats accountable.
Deadly Corruption
Justice for Victims of the Beirut Blast
![People remove debris from a blast-damaged house in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 7, 2020.
Photo credit: © Felipe Dana/AP People removing debris from a heavily damaged building and car](https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/9c5e2db7-d839-439e-a283-600437999601/20220916-dana-lebanon-beirut-blast-volunteers-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3000%2C1875)
It has been two years since an apocalyptic explosion at Beirut’s port killed hundreds and wounded thousands. One lawyer’s quest for justice in a land where it is hard to find.