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.
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Bringing aid to the residents of bomb-ravaged cities becomes all the more difficult and perilous when the front line is just a stone’s throw away.
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.
Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish-born German revolutionary and co-founder of the German Communist Party, addressing a meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907. She was assassinated in January 1919.
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Antisemitism has been used as a weapon against leading Jewish politicians in Europe for over a century – no matter how assimilated they were. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is no exception.
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Word from The Hill: Parliamentary ‘newbies’ inspect their workplace, with some complaints
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with Peter Browne from the politics + society team
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Four months since the start of invasion, the European Union has already adopted six sanction packages. Room for manoeuvre is shrinking.
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Boycott actions often do more harm to individual athletes than to the condemned regime.
Kaliningrad is separated from the ‘motherland’ by Lithuania.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Stuck in the middle: the border between Lithuania and Russia’s exclave at Kaliningrad.
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A small piece of Russian territory on the Baltic coast has become the focus of heightened tensions on Nato’s fringe.
Snake Island, seen here in commemorative postage stamps, has become a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance.
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As the war drags on and its maritime dimension intensifies, Russia is more likely to be strategically defeated in the long term.
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There remains a significant danger the conflict falls off the international radar, or that Western leaders waver as the conflict drags on.
Foreign soldiers who volunteered to fight for Ukraine participate in training exercises.
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Many countries welcome foreigners who want to join their military forces.
People rally in support of Ukraine outside the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montréal in April 2022. Scenes like these irritate Russia.
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The Soviet Union and now Russia has long viewed the Ukrainian diaspora with hostility. Here’s why.
After being displaced by drought, nearly 300 people, mostly women, and children arrived at Qansahley camp in Dollow, Jubaland, Somalia.
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About 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now.
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As the conflict deepens, the chances of Russia’s ally being pressured into entering the conflict seem to be growing.
Finland and Sweden joined 14 NATO allies in a June 6, 2022, military exercise on the Baltic Sea.
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Sandwiched between Russia and NATO ally Norway, both Sweden and Finland have maintained neutrality in global conflicts. That changed in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
What role does long-term certainty play in immigration policy?
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Government policy that provides certainty to immigrants will improve integration and, ultimately, boost the economy
Dmitry Muratov receiveing the Nobel Prize in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2021.
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In Russia, a draconian censorship regime makes open dissent impossible. But people are finding ingenious ways to express their opposition to the war in Ukraine.