Putin Illegally Proclaims Annexation of Four Ukrainian Regions at Moscow Ceremony
By Ellen Francis, Louisa Loveluck, Adela Suliman & Erin Cunningham | The Washington Post
Russian President Vladimir Putin is moving to annex four regions of Ukraine, after staging referendums that were widely denounced as illegal under international law. In a grand ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday, he said Russia would gain four new regions—Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia—and said people living there would “be our citizens forever.”
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Lula vs. Bolsonaro: What to Know About Brazil’s Election
By Ana Ionova | The New York Times
Brazilians are heading to the polls Sunday in a polarizing national vote poised to usher in a new president, who will be forced to grapple with an economic crisis, surging Amazon deforestation and lingering questions over the health of Latin America’s largest democracy.
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