Cleaning up politics in eastern Europe a goal for liberal leaders

Protests against mafia-controlled landfill sites have become platforms for liberal leaders such as Slovakia’s president-elect, Zuzana Caputova, writes Leonid Bershidsky

IF you’re wondering where a new crop of liberal, eastern European political leaders might come from, as the region succumbs to nationalism and corruption, check out the garbage dumps. Slovakia’s president-elect, Zuzana Caputova, acquired her political skills around one.