Putin’s attack on democracy is working. Just look at Europe.

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Putin’s attack on democ­ra­cy is work­ing. Just look at Europe. As win­ter approach­es, cracks in the West’s sup­port for Ukraine are start­ing to show. By Matthew Kar­nitschnig Illus­tra­tion by Ann Kier­nan for POLITICO BERLIN — It was a scene that has played out on city squares across Europe for months: jar­ring eye­wit­ness accounts of the war…

How Gorbachev’s political legacy was destroyed by Putin

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How Gorbachev’s polit­i­cal lega­cy was destroyed by Putin Era of detente and arms con­trol between Wash­ing­ton and Moscow has been replaced by a bloody war in Ukraine Live reac­tion: trib­utes from world lead­ers after Mikhail Gorbachev’s death Mikhail Gor­bachev lived long enough to see every­thing he had tried to achieve crum­ble or get blown up. The era…

Putin’s World Order Would Be Devastating for Africa

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On March 2, mem­ber states of the Unit­ed Nations Gen­er­al Assem­bly vot­ed over­whelm­ing­ly in favor of a res­o­lu­tion that strong­ly con­demned Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin’s war of aggres­sion against Ukraine. The res­o­lu­tion, which was sup­port­ed by 141 mem­ber states, affirmed that “any attempt aimed at the … dis­rup­tion of the ter­ri­to­r­i­al integri­ty of a State…