🇩🇪 Polling shows the AfD is expected to lock down 145 seats in the Bundestag, only second to the center-right CDU, which is expected to land 220.
📝 Keith Woods: If it plays out this way, it will be a really interesting dynamic to have a conservative party governing with a nationalist party as the main opposition.
When was the last time that happened in a major Western democracy?
🇩🇪 Polling shows the AfD is expected to lock down 145 seats in the Bundestag, only second to the center-right CDU, which is expected to land 220.
📝 Keith Woods: If it plays out this way, it will be a really interesting dynamic to have a conservative party governing with a nationalist party as the main opposition.
When was the last time that happened in a major Western democracy?
"Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." The news also helped traders look past another report showing decades-high inflation and shake off some of the volatility from recent sessions. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' February Consumer Price Index (CPI) this week showed another surge in prices even before Russia escalated its attacks in Ukraine. The headline CPI — soaring 7.9% over last year — underscored the sticky inflationary pressures reverberating across the U.S. economy, with everything from groceries to rents and airline fares getting more expensive for everyday consumers. "He has to start being more proactive and to find a real solution to this situation, not stay in standby without interfering. It's a very irresponsible position from the owner of Telegram," she said. Artem Kliuchnikov and his family fled Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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