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CENTRAL EUROPE
45 Hegemony of state in Russian economy deepens, warns watchdog
48 MOSCOW BLOG: Can Russia halve its poverty level?
50 Poland overtakes Russia to become Ukraine’s biggest trade partner in February
EURASIA
52 MACRO ADVISORY: Uzbekistan Terraforming: Privatisation is the next stage
54 Fingers pointed at Iran in blame game over tanker “sabotage operations”
56 Iran ‘scales down nuclear pact commitment by dropping uranium, heavy water limits’
OPINION
58 COLCHIS: Zelenskiy faces tough choices amidst high expectations
60 COMMENT: Russia's controversial sovereign internet bill will stoke the very protests it is designed to quell
62 COMMENT: Technology can reduce the global plastic pollution problem
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34 VISEGRAD BLOG: Poland shocked by film documenting Catholic clergy’s sexual abuse of children
35 PM Viktor Orban's family and friends feature heavily on Hungarian rich list
36 Golden keys to the EU’s back door
38 Donald Trump praises Hungary's efforts to curb migration at meeting with Vikor Orban
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
40 Firebombs and fury on the streets of Tirana
41 Montenegrin court finds oppo- sition leaders guilty of plotting coup
42 Albania to establish energy bourse to liberalise electricity market
43 Moldova’s president to dissolve parliament unless deadlock settled by mid-June
EASTERN EUROPE
44 Ukraine faces political crisis as newly sworn-in President Zelenskiy dissolves parliament
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
65 Mirror, mirror: who is the biggest grain exporter of them all?
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