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FRIENDS LIKE THESE
Vladimir Putin’s apparent affinity for a fellow strongman has gotten him dragged into a fiery election scandal thousands of miles away from Moscow.
Kristina Jovanovski is a Berlin-based Canadian journalist, focused on Europe and Turkey with more than a decade of experience.
SPIRAL
Some officials are fearing the worst after Erdogan and his inner circle made a slew of alarming threats ahead of the election this week.
OUT OF THE WOODS
Newly escaped Russians who “didn’t want to die” in Ukraine are now sharing what they really think about Vladimir Putin and his disastrous war.
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SCATTERBRAIN
The all-consuming war in Ukraine has caused Russia to drop the ball elsewhere, officials who spoke with The Daily Beast revealed.
Death Dodgers
Many of the young men clamoring to reach the West are fugitives from Bashar al-Assad’s savage military.
Caught
Increasing violence in Ukraine’s east means civilians have fewer and fewer places where they can feel safe.
STOP AND FRISK AND ...
There’s no due process, and there are no civil liberties, but cops on the beat are obeying the laws—of the USSR.