The Serb leader in Bosnia & Herzogovina, Milorad Dodik, has been an outspoken supporter of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
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Russia is doing oil and gas deals in the Balkans, where ethnic tensions are on the rise.
While attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced sanctions against Russia
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New research shows that at least half of Canadians have encountered pro-Kremlin propaganda online and that those who hold left-leaning views are less susceptible to the Kremlin’s disinformation.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
A pro-EU protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2022.
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Russia’s neighbours are increasingly worried about the threat of invasion.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, with Vladimir Putin, accused the West of supporting Nazi ideas in May 2022.
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What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
China’s president Xi Jingping has brokered numerous relationships with African nations during his years in office.
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World leaders should worry about the security risks and economic balance of power with China.
Walkout: Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov.
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This was the first time Russia, China and the west have come face to face since the invasion of Ukraine. It did not go well.
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The Russian president might claim to be confronting hate speech, but he is drawing on the ideas of anti-Semitic extremists
Rescue workers stand on the rubble following a Russian rocket attack on a residential apartment block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on July 10, 2022.
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Those on the political left are conflicted: Supporting military aid to Ukraine involves siding with U.S. imperialism, but opposing military aid means condoning Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
A man stands in a crater after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 1, 2022.
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The EU must play the biggest role in ending the war in Ukraine. Peace negotiators should take a systematic approach that focuses first on where there is likely to be agreement.
Workers fill bags with fertiliser in Morocco’s northern city of Meknes.
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How well Morocco manages challenges to its fertiliser industry will affect its own development and the stability of food supplies across the world.
In memoriam: an artwork in tribute to the victims of the massacres in Bucha in April.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Defiant: everyday life in Kyiv, July 2022.
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Ukraine is losing this war at the moment. The west needs to massively step up its military aid to the country.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi.
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Despite vague results of what the shuttle diplomacy will contribute to the world, at least the visits resemble Indonesia’s, if not Jokowi’s, own interest.
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Set in Ukraine in 2014, Solntsepyok’s propaganda is designed to confuse, entertain and overwhelm the audience.
It’s running out.
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Even before the war, Moscow was acknowledging the problems in its energy industry.
The US is deploying more troops closer to European allies’ borders with Russia.
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US plans to add more combat-ready forces in eastern Europe to send a strong message to Russia.
A Russian foreign debt will have limited implications for global financial markets but will affect Russia’s credit risk profile.
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Experts discuss the implications of Russia’s recent debt default for the global financial markets and Russia’s reputation
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The prime minister sent a message to the Chinese government that it should learn the lessons from Russia’s ‘strategic failure’ in Ukraine.
Russia has pioneered the concept of digital sovereignty and used it to severely restrict Russians’ access to the internet.
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For more than a decade, the Russian government has been putting teeth into its doctrine of ‘digital sovereignty’ by steadily increasing censorship of content and control over internet access.