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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Germany puts a stop to Nord Stream 2, a key Russian natural gas pipeline. — Germany halted certification of the pipeline linking the country to Russia in response to the Kremlin's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine. — Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that Germany …
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Lili Bayer / Politico:
EU, UK leaders vow sanctions over Putin's recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions — Leaders from the European Union and the United Kingdom vowed Monday to impose sanctions over Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognize two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The lose-lose outcome in Ukraine … Monday was a busy day for Vladimir Putin. First he convened a bizarrely scripted security council meeting of the Russian Federation to discuss the situation in Ukraine. One reporter described the debate as “like a Netflix drama” in which some of Putin's lackeys fumbled the script.
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New York Times:
Wooing Allies, Publicizing Putin's Plans: Inside Biden's Race to Prevent War — President Biden made three critical decisions about how to handle Russia's provocations, aiming to prevent armed conflict in Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — In a series of top-secret meetings last October …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
What we can expect after Putin's conquest of Ukraine — Let's assume for a moment that Vladimir Putin succeeds in gaining full control of Ukraine, as he shows every intention of doing. What are the strategic and geopolitical consequences? — The first will be a new front line of conflict in Central Europe.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Surprising cracks, if small ones, appear in Kremlin support for Putin on Ukraine — President Vladimir Putin presented a theatrical justification for war with Ukraine on Monday, but initial Russian military actions along the border were limited — and there seemed to be a few small cracks …
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Putin's absurd, angry spectacle will be a turning point in his long reign — This was a supreme leader marshalling his minions for a decision that will change the security architecture in Europe and may well lead to horrific war — Sitting alone at a desk in a grand, columned Kremlin room …
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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Executive Order on Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts to Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine … By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Putin Chooses a Forever War — Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a long speech full of heavy sighs and dark grievances, made clear today that he has chosen war. He went to war against Ukraine in 2014; now he has declared war against the international order of the past 30 years.
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Why Putin Is Outfoxing the West
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Senator Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement after Putin Escalates Aggression Against Ukraine and Deploys Troops
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Lucy Fisher / Telegraph:
Oligarchs lobby Foreign Office in bid to avoid sanctions
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BBC:
Five banks and three wealthy Russians hit by UK sanctions
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Reuters:
Syria supports Putin's recognition of Ukraine breakaway regions
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Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
In long speech, Putin recognizes two Ukrainian regions as independent, a potential pretext for war
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Associated Press:
World leaders focus on how to punish Russia over Ukraine
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CNN:
Putin moves in eastern Ukraine could be opening phase of possible large-scale invasion, multiple US and western officials say
Stephen Fidler / Wall Street Journal:
Putin's Endgame: Unravel the Post-Cold War Agreements That Humiliated Russia
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Mary Louise Kelly / NPR:
Why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons — and what that means in an invasion by Russia
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rick Scott pushes own GOP agenda as McConnell holds off — Senate Republican leaders have no plans to release an alternative agenda as they try to win back the majority this fall. So Rick Scott is pursuing his own plan. — The Florida Republican senator is devising a conservative blueprint …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Canadian truckers' COVID ‘freedom’ fight is absurd next to Ukraine's struggle with Russia — Canadian truckers are fighting for the right to shun a lifesaving vaccine while Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. … There's nothing like a real crisis to expose the folly of one that's fake …
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New York Times:
The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas — The Supreme Court justice and his wife battled for years for a more conservative America. New reporting shows how far she was willing to go after Donald Trump's 2020 election loss. — The call to action was titled “Election Results and Legal Battles: What Now?”
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
San Francisco Shows Democrats Have a Seismic Challenge Ahead — The political earthquake that just occurred in San Francisco should be a dire warning to the national Democratic Party, because the same fault line stretches across the country and the tremors are only increasing.
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Fox News:
Bob Beckel, former co-host of ‘The Five,’ dead at 73 — The Democratic strategist was a founding co-host of the long-running Fox News show — Sean Hannity reflects on the life of Bob Beckel — Bob Beckel, a Democratic strategist and former co-host of “The Five,” has died at age 73.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Got a Covid Booster? You Probably Won't Need Another for a Long Time — A flurry of new studies suggest that several parts of the immune system can mount a sustained, potent response to any coronavirus variant. — As people across the world grapple with the prospect of living …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Democrats tune out national news during Biden era — A new poll from Gallup and the Knight Foundation finds that younger Democrats are driving a huge decline in national news consumption in the U.S. — Why it matters: It marks the first time since the study began in early 2018 …
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