How much do people actually know about what's happening in ukraine? Well, that ofvicy depends on the age and the use of the media. For younger russians, the view is that normality is no more,. Their perception of war has changed dramatically from the first day when it started to today. But for a substantial fraction of the popula, there is a view that Russia was doing a righteous thing in ukrane.
With the propaganda machine at fever pitch, not everyone in Russia agrees on—much less agrees with—what is going on in Ukraine. Dissent is being met with increasing repression. A wave of jihadism is crashing across the states of West Africa and the battle lines are moving south. And reasons for both hope and concern in our annual glass-ceiling index.
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