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Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People

August 19, 2021

As Russia's parliamentary election approaches, bloggers close to jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny are mobilizing. +++ Poland's right-wing PiS government is pushing US company Discovery to sell its majority stake in the TVN network.

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