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A guide to the EU’s lukewarm Russian oil embargo
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A guide to the EU’s lukewarm Russian oil embargo

After months of diplomatic wrangling, the European Union announced that it had reached an agreement to phase out Russian oil imports by the end of the year. But the agreement also includes a slate of carve-outs that could dilute the bloc’s effort to decapitate the Kremlin’s war machine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks in Russian during an address in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 24, 2022 in this still image taken from video.
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What We're Watching: Zelensky stays put as EU, US sanction Putin & Biden Supreme Court nominee makes history

As Russian forces entered the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Friday, the US, Canada, and the EU said they would freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had earlier announced a similar move. Though most analysts say that Putin has used fronts to shield his personal wealth from measures like this, the move marks a significant symbolic escalation and further isolates the Kremlin from the international community.

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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Election crisis in one of Africa’s most stable democracies, Mecca agreement may get another signee, SCOTUS sides with Trump on mail-in ballots

The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.

Thousands of activists marched in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Tuesday to denounce a wave of violence against minority Hindus over an allegedly blasphemous social media post in the predominantly Muslim South Asian country.
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What We're Watching: Bangladesh religious violence, Ecuadorian drug emergency, Lebanese to vote, Russia ditches NATO