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An imposing portrait of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin greets visitors to San Rafael’s Museum of International Propaganda. The founder ...

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Thank you, President Stubb and Foreign Minister Valtonen, for the invitation to speak at this important event. It’s wonderful ...

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Supporting Ukrainian sovereignty must include protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples like the Crimean Tatars, whose land, rights and cultural memory have long been a target of aggression, writes ...