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Wider Europe Briefing: EU To Sanction Russian Military With New Focus
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from RFE/RL · Eastern Europe
In this week's Wider Europe, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: sanctioning Russia's military industry and Canada’s "associate membership" of the EU.
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