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Plus: Notes from my 8th visit to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion and reporting from the scene of a devastating airstrike
Dear Reader,
Summing up a week of political turmoil in Ukraine
Update: Late on the evening of July 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media that he had spoken with former Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov and Commander-in-Chi...
Photo of the protest (LJ)
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International organizations are focused on flattery, while the rest of the world sees through it.
The sports world reflects society at large, and this year’s World Cup has been no exception. As the U.S. secured its first win in a knockout...
A recent photo of a gas station in Russia with a sign that reads, “This is a restricted facility—filming is allowed only with permission!” (Creative Commons 4.0/Bereg)
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Berlin-based journalist, author and publisher of the Public Sphere newsletter.
Long-time journalist, former CNN producer and correspondent, contributing columnist Washington Post, contrib CNN, CNNE, Sr. Columnist World Politics Review. TV talker on world affairs. Saw history unfold with my own eyes in >70 countries.
Dave Keating is an American-European journalist based in Brussels covering the European Union and the trials and tribulations of the wider European project.
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