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Graphic Truth: Mixed views on post-communist economies

The end of communism opened up political and economic freedoms that most people in the Soviet bloc had never known. But the advent of capitalism didn't benefit everyone equally. Thirty years later, here's how select countries in the former east see things.

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Explosions take place on the deck of the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion on the Red Sea, in this handout picture released August 29, 2024.
Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS

The Houthis attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea today as part of a blockade on shipping to and from Saudi Arabia through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait