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Restrictions to fundamental freedoms, political rights, media and civil society in Russia challenge democratic commitments, says OSCE/ODIHR report on State Duma elections

The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 18 September 2016 State Duma elections in the Russian Federation recommends that national legislation concerning the freedoms of association, assembly and...

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Listening2Tajikistan: Survey of Wellbeing

In May 2015, the World Bank Poverty team rolled out the “Listening to Tajikistan” (L2T) survey to monitor the impact of emerging trends throughout the country at high frequency. The survey rapidly clarifies the severity of the economic downturn, the...

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Germany Must Shape the G20 Agenda with a Marshall Plan

President Obama, in the last press conference of his term in office, accused Russia and Russian President Putin personally of having manipulated the American presidential election through cyber-attacks, and announced that there would be reprisals—some...

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Amid renewed violence in Somalia's Gaalkacyo, UN envoy urges respect for ceasefire agreement

Expressing concern over renewed violence in the Somali city of Gaalkacyo, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the country, Michael Keating, has called on all parties to honor the ceasefire agreement.

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