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POLITICSGoing to extremes: How centrist parties are chasing votes with anti-migrant rhetoric — and losing supportAndrey Smolyakov26 March 2025
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POLITICSNo good options: Why Israel resumed military operations against Hamas Marianna Belenkaya20 March 2025
POLITICSChanging channels: How three years of Kremlin propaganda bans in the EU have affected Russian-speaking audiencesViktoriia Ponomareva18 March 2025
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