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UNBELIEVABLE: Sergei guriev - The Untold Story

Autocrats don’t act like Hitler or Stalin anymore − instead of governing with violence, they use manipulation

President Donald Trump’s critics often accuse him of harboring authoritarian ambitions. Journalists and scholars have drawn parallels between his leadership style and that of strongmen abroad. Some Democrats warn that the U.S. is sliding toward autocracy – a system in which one leader holds unchecked power.

The Conversation

Reeling From Navalny's Death, Russian Opposition Vows To Fight On

After the shock of Alexei Navalny's death in an Arctic prison, Russian dissidents in exile are vowing to pick up the pieces and press on with their battle against President Vladimir Putin's rule.

International Business Times

Yulia Navalnaya: the reluctant politician continuing her late husband’s work

The 47-year-old was a regular source of advice and support to Alexei Navalny but she expressed little interest in entering politics before his death

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Long opposed to exile, Alexei Navalny dies a prisoner in a dark and dangerous Russia

Perhaps he might have been able to coordinate from abroad a powerful anti-war movement. Instead he is silenced for ever

The Guardian - UK

‘We are where we are’: Alexei Navalny’s team keep fighting despite having to leave Russia

The Anti-Corruption Foundation is still a vital opposition force even though its founder remains in jail

The Guardian - UK

The rising tide of dictatorship

In the context of the present decline in the idea of democracy, there is a need to reflect on the changing political dynamics in a post-industrial age

The Hindu

French university bans ChatGPT as educators debate use of AI text generators

French university Sciences Po is one of the first higher education institutions to ban the use of the artificial intelligence text generator ChatGPT to complete assignments, in order to prevent fraud and plagiarism. The company that created ChatGPT said it has released software that educators can use to detect AI-generated…

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Millennials and Gen Z are blaming Putin for intensifying Russia's baby shortfall: 'It's pretty bad for us'

“To live in Russia today is uncomfortable psychologically and economically. How can we even think about kids during this time?”

Fortune

Meet the Russian architect of Putin’s economic counterattack

When sanctions made the Fortress Russia he helped build seem less impregnable, Maxim Oreshkin came up with a signature gambit to try and break the economic siege.

Tribune News Service

Vladimir Putin's lookalikes 'ready to step in if tyrant has cancer surgery'

Russian president Vladimir Putin could be out of action for between two and ten days while his troops continue to struggle in the war with Ukraine

Daily Mirror

What can Europe learn from Orban's victory in Hungary's elections?

Hungary's voters gave an overwhelming fourth mandate to incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban on 3 April. But critics and observers say that state control of the media, misinformation and a lack of democratic tradition played crucial roles in the victory for Orban's extreme-right Fidesz party. As France gears up for…

Radio France Internationale

A week before elections, Hungary's Orban remains the EU's enfant terrible

On 3 April, Hungary goes to the ballot box to elect 199 members of the National Assembly. The choice is between the Fidesz party of incumbent Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose populist policies have estranged him from Brussels, and a coalition of opposition parties led by Peter Marki-zay. Despite Orban's…

Radio France Internationale

Who are the Russians campaigning to stop Putin and help Ukraine?

While Russian troops advance on major cities in Ukraine, causing unspeakable collateral damage, ordinary people in Russia itself are feeling the weight of the most stringent sanctions the West has ever imposed. However, President Vladimir Putin's war effort is not universally supported by the Russian people. RFI met one of…

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