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The Problem With Calling Giorgia Meloni “Extreme Right”

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with European flag halo while holding a breastfeeding baby in her arms.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with European flag halo while holding a breastfeeding baby in her arms. Sheila Gallerani/Mondadori/ZUMA

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s declaration labeling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “extreme right-wing” is a politically charged move. But is this assessment fair, given Meloni’s strong support for Ukraine and responsible economic decisions — or is there some demonizing and distracting at play?

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Why Did Modern Russia Turn Into An Authoritarian State: Was It Putin Or The People?

Image of people marching, wearing headbands with USSR flags and holding USSR flags in protest.
National Bolsheviks picket outside the State Duma building when President Boris Yeltsin was considered for impeachement in 1999. V.F. Fedorenko via Wikicommons

It is a mistake to attribute the construction of authoritarianism in modern Russia to Putin alone. Serhiy Gromenko, an expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, explains the evolution for how Russia wound up an authoritarian state, and why Putin isn’t the only one to blame.

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