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posted on by Lina Klak
University of Chicago Tagged With: Autocracy, democracy, freedom of speech, Invasion, media, Propaganda, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, War
Now that Vladimir Putin has launched a full-scale invasion against Ukraine, it is difficult to argue with the reality that Russia should now be considered a fully autocratic regime. Putin has shown …
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posted on by Lina Klak
University of Chicago Tagged With: Autocracy, backsliding, democracy, Lustration, Russia, Trump, Ukraine, United States, Zelensky
In Ukraine’s 2019 presidential election, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won 73% of the run-off vote, unseating incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Watching from the United States— this was a tale that was …