Mike Smeltzer

Mike Smeltzer is the Research Analyst for Nations in Transit, Freedom House’s annual survey of democratic governance from Central Europe to Eurasia.

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People carry a banner reading "Return Furgal for Us" during an unauthorized rally in support of governor Sergei Furgal in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Aug. 8.
People carry a banner reading "Return Furgal for Us" during an unauthorized rally in support of governor Sergei Furgal in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Aug. 8.

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