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iament conducted an investigation into allegations that the Kremlin was helping to finance Jobbik. There were also charges that a Jobbik member of the European Parliament was a Russian agent Gabor Vona, the chairman of Jobbik, has embraced the idea of Eur- asianism and speculated that Hungary could serve as a %ridge"
part, however, Russia's allies in dem- ocratic countries are found on the political right. A Swedish journalist who examined votes in the Europe- an Parliament reported that right-leaning Euroskeptic 42 EFTA00804766 Freedom House Putin's Foreign Admirers "Putin decides what he wants to do, and he does
cly for democratic political changes or made gestures toward the formation of opposition political parties. The most notable political prisoner is Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. However, conditions have grown far worse under President Xi Jinping
, including Falun Gong practitioners, who defied the party line. In 2008, thousands of red flag-waving students were mobilized to march on Canberra’s Parliament to “defend the sacred Olympic torch” against pro-Tibet and other protestors as the torch wound its way to the Olympic ceremony in Beijing.* More rece
strongest critic of China’s human rights practices. It was Merkel’s government that won the release of Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Thus, it makes sense that the Chinese Communist Party has opted to plant a seed within the German business elite with the hope that in a post-Merkel
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ducted an investigation into allegations that the Kremlin was helping to finance Jobbik. There were also charges that a Jobbik member of the European Parliament was a Russian agent. Gabor Vona, the chairman of Jobbik, has embraced the idea of Eur- asianism and speculated that Hungary could serve as a “bridge”
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United States
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Donald Trump
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Prince Andrew
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Barack Obama
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Bill Clinton
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Samantha Power
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New York
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Bloomberg L.P.
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Department of Justice
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Vladimir Putin
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Marc Rich
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Yemen
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Hillary Clinton
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Vicky Ward
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David Cameron
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