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RFE/RL journalists report the news in 21 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We provide what many… Ukraine’s top sanctions official says he remains optimistic about prospects for a sweeping Russia sanctions bill in the US Congress despite growing uncertainty over when the House of Representatives will take it up, as lawmakers face a sharply shortened legislative calendar ahead of the November elections.

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