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COVER FEATURE
30 How do Russian journalists
work in a time of war?
CENTRAL EUROPE
27 Slovak president asks PM to summon Security Council after wave of arrests
37 Karins to step down as Latvian prime minister
38 Poland now says it will deploy 10,000 troops to Belarus border
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
40 Ukraine war erodes Russia’s economic clout in Western Balkans
42 Cost of damage from catastrophic flooding in Slovenia to exceed €500mn
43 Detention of ethnic Greek mayor puts Albania’s EU accession progress at risk
44 Top Croatian officials seek to heal relations with Greece after football riots
EASTERN EUROPE
46 Ukraine war fatigue is growing
49 Ukraine ready to build back better, says reconstruction agency head
51 Russian tech titan Yandex CEO Volozh slams Putin’s "barbaric" war in Ukraine
53 BRICS adds six new members, including Iran and Saudi Arabia
EURASIA
56 Exports from the West
to Central Asia boom as sanctions on Russia remake global trade routes
58 Turkmenistan claims population jump but compelling evidence points to slump
59 US pressuring Iran to end drone sales to Russia
OPINION
60 Nabiullina’s unorthodox adventure
62 Is Ukraine worth the trouble? The West’s resolve may be fraying
63 Why is Hungary the EU inflation leader?
65 Violence against women becomes a mobilising force in Southeast Europe
67 So what did happen to that claimed Turkish aspiration to join BRICS?
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
69 EU gas tanks close to full, traders switch to Ukraine storage
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