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Gracias, Messi! 28 International Front Pages Mark Argentina’s World Cup Win

Gracias, Messi! 28 International Front Pages Mark Argentina’s World Cup Win

Series of front pages after Argentina's World Cup win

It’s been hailed as one of the most riveting finals in World Cup history ever. After 120 minutes of improbable reversal of fortunes, Argentina beat France on penalties. Argentine striker Lionel Messi scored twice (plus a penalty in the decisive showdown), securing his status of one of the sport's all-time greats.

This is how newspapers in Argentina, France and the rest of the world featured the historic match on their front pages.

ARGENTINA 

FRANCE

QATAR

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

ISRAEL

TURKEY

SPAIN

GERMANY

ITALY

UNITED STATES 

BRAZIL

MEXICO

URUGUAY 

VENEZUELA 

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"Ghostwriter" — Inside Russia’s Bespoke Propaganda Campaign In Poland

As a key regional member of NATO and neighbor of Ukraine, Poland is of particular interest to the Kremlin, and the usual misinformation weapons used by Russia also feature allusions to Jews and Americans — and may now include attempts to recruit Poles by the Wagner Group.

Photograph of a flag near the Kremlin in support of the war policies of Vladimir Putin in the invasion of Ukraine.​

March 11, 2023, Moscow, Russia: Flag near the Kremlin in support of the war policies of Vladimir Putin in the invasion of Ukraine.

Celestino Arce Lavin/ZUMA
Piotr Głuchowski and Katarzyna Bielecka

WARSAW — “Israel, a country of less than nine million, is surrounded by one hundred million enemies. Therefore, the search for a new promised land began. It was found: in Ukraine. Here, a thousand years ago, existed the state of the Khazars, where the official religion was rabbinical Judaism, and it is to these lands that the designers of the idea of Heavenly Jerusalem want to resettle Jews ... "

The above storyline comes from a video watched on YouTube by half a million Poles, which included more than 1,000 comments, supporting its message. "Now we finally know the real cause of the war”, one wrote.

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This is a peek inside the universe of Putinophiles and other sowers of Moscow's influence — exerted not on governments, but citizens and everyday Internet users in Poland.

From at least 2016 onward, the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU), has directed operation “Ghostwriter,” whose goals, according to the Polish Command of the Component of the Cyberspace Defense Forces, are “disrupting Poland’s relationship with the U.S. and NATO countries,” “disrupting Polish-Ukrainian relations,” “discrediting aid provided to Ukraine by Poland” and “creating conditions for the outbreak of social unrest in the Republic of Poland”.

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