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e its best to maximize the intimidating effect on other neighbors. It conducted war games in which 33,000 troops rehearsed the invasion of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark." The Russian navy has held multiple, large-scale exercises in the Black Sea to defy NATO, assert its control over Crimea, a
Observatory delegation gave the referendum an enthusiastic thumbs-up.3 Moscow has paid considerable attention to evolving political developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Despite their relatively recent histories of Soviet subjugation and communist rule, a number of these countries have seen the rise of populist or
nk of three reasons to go short CHF/NOK. 1. The relative cycle is supportive of rate differentials. Inflation is at a much higher starting point in Norway than in Switzerland, leaving the Norges Bank much less room to manoeuvre than the SNB in the event of upside surprises to import prices or stronge
uipment" where they previously have been small players. This is backed up when looking at hard data, with rising German imports mainly benefitting Central and Eastern Europe. The CE-4 market share of total German imports post-crisis has risen by 50% to around 12% of total. Meanwhile Norwegian imports are showing a si
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held them for two months before their release.”' Yet at the same time, the Kremlin was al- legedly fostering anti-fracking demonstrations in parts of Central and Eastern Europe.”? Russia organizes bogus election-monitoring missions that give a stamp of approval to polling in Crimea and other authoritar- ian settings, while e
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Denmark
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Finland
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United States
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Hungary
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Estonia
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Donald Trump
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Romania
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Latvia
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Marc Rich
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Prince Andrew
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Bulgaria
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George W. Bush
PERSONLeon Black
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John F. Kennedy
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Slovakia
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Samantha Power
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European Union
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Barack Obama
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George Mitchell
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