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German Chancellor Angela Merkel "rejected calls for Europe to pick sides between the U.S. and China, in a nod to the plea made by Chinese President Xi Jinping a day earlier." Politico says the Biden Administration is "looking to group together democracies to contain China," but Merkel was "pointedly wary

Coalition. Under the headline "Merkel Sides With Xi On Avoiding Cold War Blocs," Politico Euron (1/26

and China, in a nod to the plea made by Chinese President Xi Jinping a day earlier." Politico says the Biden

nt crackdown on nationwide protests and its attempts to create a climate of fear." The AP adds Sobol, a "lawyer and politician," told reporters that Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption "and his team's regional offices will continue to operate even amid the `arrests of our followers and allies,

ropean Union committed to steeper cuts. But China, India and Russia made no new emissions promises." The New York Post (4/22, Moore, 7.45M) reports Xi, "who didn't announce he would participate in the summit until Wednesday, claimed his country - one of the world's top polluters - will cut down on

he AP (4/22, Knickmeyer, Madhani) reports Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin "pu

sportation where I work, that job creation through climate action is the way forward." The AP (4/22, Knickmeyer, Madhani) reports Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin "put aside their raw-worded disputes" with Biden on Thursday "long enough to pledge international cooperation

ct in the eastern Donbass region." The Wall Street Journal (4/22, Simmons, Kantchev, Subscription Publication, 8.41M) provides additional coverage. Navalny's Own Doctors Urge Him To End Hunger Strike. The Washington Post (4/22, Khurshudyan, 10.52M) reports that "doctors for jailed Russian opposition le

r of Freedom in the World. ON THE COVER Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in B

y, a basic assumption behind the report is that modern authoritarianism will be a lasting feature of geopolitics. Since 2012, both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have doubled down on existing efforts to stamp out internal dissent, and both have grown more aggressive on the world stage. All despotic reg

porter ikhail Khodorkovsky was dispatched to a Rus- sian prison for 10 years for daring to challenge Putin. In 2017, anticorruption campaigner Andrei Navalny, widely regarded as the most serious challenger to Putin, was effectively eliminated from the 2018 presidential contest after being convicted in a tr