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Leonid Bershidsky
Leonid Bershidsky
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Medvedev Out: Putin Overhauls Russia's Governance System
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a radical overhaul of Russia’s governance system thiEurope’s Center-Left Learns to Live After Death
After Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered a painful defeat in the recent UK election, it’s easy toPutin’s Grand Gas Project
In the space of just a few momentous weeks, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most ambitiousFacebook Just Can’t Seem to Beat the Russians
Social-media companies insist they’re making progress in fighting the manipulation of their platformGermany’s Political Crisis Will Unfold in Slow Motion
A German political crisis isn’t a raging, unstoppable, unpredictable forest fire: It starts with seeWill the New EU Commission Be French or German?
The new European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen received overwhelming support fromGoogle’s Micro-Targeting Ban Won’t Improve Political Ads
Google says it will limit the targeting of political ads to make it harder to sneak misinformation tFor Russia, Even the Language Can Be a Weapon
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, “Russophobes,” “aggressive nationalists” and certainHuman Smuggling Demands a Human Solution
More is required from the British and other European governments: They ought to be more humane.A Refugee Invasion of Europe? Erdogan Is Bluffing
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to “open the gates” to Europe for Syrian refugHow Thomas Cook’s ‘Excursions’ Lost Their Way
The bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group Plc, the company whose founder is credited with inventing the moHey, EU, Don’t Make Climate Promises You Can’t Keep
Ursula von der Leyen, the new European Commission president, wants to make Europe the first carbon-nEuropeans Want the EU to Act Like a Superpower
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president-elect, has promised to run a “geopolitical CItalian Fiasco Proves One Thing About the Far Right
Political parties of the far-right make unreliable, even disastrous, coalition partners.The Amazon Disaster and Environmental Guarantees
French President Emmanuel Macron dropped a bombshell on Friday: His office said France is opposed toPages
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Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, and his wife Amal showcase their local silk creations at their home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. (Photo by MAHER AL MOUNES / AFP)
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Clouds are shown over San Francisco as the sun sets, Friday, July 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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The Comet C/2020 or "Neowise", is seen in the sky from Senglea in Valletta's Grand Harbour, Malta July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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A Professional Bull Rider crew member wears a mask while lassoing a bull during an event on Friday, July 10, 2020, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Abigail Dollins/The Argus Leader via AP)
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