"Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader unexpectedly resigned Wednesday. The news shook Croatia's political class to its very foundations.
Mr. Sanader ruled the small Balkan country with a heavy hand. Elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2007, he has transformed the former Yugoslav republic into a gangster state. He and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) gradually have dismantled the country's fledgling democratic institutions.
Mr. Sanader's regime has controlled much of the media, including state television and Croatia's major newspapers. The few remaining independent voices and journalists have been systematically intimidated or murdered."
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