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me.? A prominent theme that runs through authoritarian media is the imperfect nature of electoral processes in the leading democracies, especially the United States. The goal is less to portray elections in Russia, Venezuela, or Iran as paragons of democratic practice than to muddy the waters—to make the case t
make this point Russian television aired a documentary meant to justify one of the more shameful events of the Soviet period, the 1968 Soviet-led Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia. The invasion was undertaken to crush the reformist Prague Spring movement, whose leaders were moving increasingly
e capital," notes the opposition memorandum. That's because many Syrians, even those who oppose the regime, fear a political vacuum. The plan urges the United States to encourage "defection of full units within the Assad army" that can be integrated with the opposition. As the clock ticks toward a possible U.S.
0s in dealing with Russia. In the decade after the Berlin Wall was breached, a EFTA00678426 weakened and disorganized Russia watched first as the Warsaw Pact disintegrated and then as the Soviet Union itself did. In both regions, especially Central Europe, the Kremlin might have responded with military
lists Platform (an umbrella group representing local and national media organizations in Turkey), but also by respected international institutions. The United States' Mission to the OSCE and the European Commission have joined Mijatovia in calling on Turkey's authorities to stop their intimidation EFTA_R1_013511
and has changed in revolutionary ways. NATO had a strong historical -- and praiseworthy -- role to play in the transformation process of the former Warsaw Pact member states, culminating in 2005 with the accession of the Eastern European countries to NATO. But by the time of the Russian-Georgia conflict i
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.’ A prominent theme that runs through authoritarian media is the imperfect nature of electoral processes in the leading democracies, especially the United States. The goal is less to portray elections in Russia, Venezuela, or |ran as paragons of democratic practice than to muddy the waters—to make the
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019246 →rominent theme that runs through authoritarian media is the imperfect nature of electoral processes in the leading democracies, especially the United States. The goal is less to portray elections in Russia, Venezuela, or |ran as paragons of democratic practice than to muddy the waters—to make the case th
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019246 →may feel emboldened to drop their quasi-democratic camouflage due to the lack of diplomatic repercus- sions for such actions. The European Union and the United States have criticized Belarus as “Europe's last dictatorship,” but they always seem willing to give Lu- kashenka another chance to improve relations based
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019247 →rists to sabotage the Russian commercial airliner that was destroyed after takeoff in the Sinai in 2015. ¢ A three-year-old boy was crucified by the U.S.- backed Ukrainian army in Slovyansk in 2014. ¢ The United States is planning a major war in Eu- rope to enable Washington to cancel its national debt
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019249 →Entities connected to both United States and Warsaw Pact

George W. Bush
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Department of Justice
ORGANIZATIONLeon Black
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Prince Andrew
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Marc Rich
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Donald Trump
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Bill Clinton
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Samantha Power
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Barack Obama
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George Mitchell
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Alfredo Rodriguez
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Vicky Ward
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Hillary Clinton
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Vladimir Putin
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Middle East
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Lebanon
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Tehran
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Bashar al-Assad
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Mao Zedong
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