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Published: December 1, 2024 23:04

In case you want to follow the vote count in Romania's parliamentary election, Hotnews has a granular map, where you can see all kinds of interesting dents in the usual "Crown of St Stephen vs Old Kingdom" pattern. alegeri.hotnews.ro…

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Published: November 30, 2024 02:59

If you need more Russia reading for the long weekend - here's the newest dispatch on topics not (fully) discussed in the Brief: a slight shift in the appointment of war participants, troubles with Russian Railways, municipal elections and campaigns - and…

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Published: November 30, 2024 00:56

The weekend is here and Bear Market Brief is out! This week read about the slide of the ruble, opposition crackdowns, bombings in Ukraine, regional news and more! Subscribe to have it in your inbox every week. …

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Published: November 28, 2024 16:46

Whatever benefit his fans think Musk has had for society - he's a replaceable person, he's not special. Countless others could do the same in his position. However, many people in Vindman's position wouldn't have had the courage to do what he did. Musk's…

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Published: November 28, 2024 13:49

Putin approved a new list of key performance indicators, based on which Russian governors are judged. At the top of the list is "trust in the authorities" (especially the president), but 2-4 now have to do with population retention, fertility rates and…

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Published: November 28, 2024 13:12

In Hungary, according to the newest poll by the usually reliable Median, the opposition Tisza Party now leads Fidesz 47 to 36 among decided voters. Only the extremist Our Homeland would enter parliament beyond the two. It seems Orban is not immune to the…

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Published: November 27, 2024 19:24

Yakutsk is now one step closer to scrapping direct mayoral elections as the United Russia majority in the city council has adopted the corresponding law. When the regional legislature (soon) adopts it too, it's done. Khabarovsk, Abakan, Anadyr remain…

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Published: November 27, 2024 17:47

Indeed - this is when the structural constraints that the war has created come to the fore. It's going to be another rate hike (which would put a brake on investments), or forcing exporters to sell hard currency (which would upset them), or relying on the…

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Published: November 27, 2024 13:19

Check-in in Orban's media: Orban ally Maria Schmidt, the director of the House of Terror museum of authoritarian oppression, has just claimed on TV that Russian elections are free and Russian censorship is comparable to Germany and the UK.…

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Published: November 26, 2024 23:36

Both the Energy Ministry and the Kemerovo regional government are pushing pretty hard for RZhD to keep subsidizing coal exports at the expense of its investment program, and for the government to set prices for transshipment in ports. This suggests that…

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Published: November 25, 2024 21:31

Citizens angrily blaming the governor, district heads forced to resign over policy failures - these are not glitches or failures, this is exactly how the system is supposed to function in a crisis. But this doesn't mean that these do not increase political…

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Published: November 25, 2024 18:28

Looking at granular data from the Romanian presidential election - it's remarkable how, apparently, certain village mayors from the two big parties are bringing out the vote. Source: alegeri.hotnews.ro