The Globalist
Japan’s support for Ukraine and an interview with Kyriakos Mitsotakis
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19 February 2024
Episode 3270
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We discuss the latest from the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction, and Andrew Mueller sits down with Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Munich Security Conference as it becomes the first Orthodox-Christian nation to legalise same-sex marriage. Plus: TV highlights with critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan.
19 February 2024
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G7 foreign ministers have called for an urgent clarification of the circumstances surrounding the death of Alexei Navalny, for which Western governments have blamed Vladimir Putin. The opposition activist’s family has so far been unable to recover his body and some have accused the government of a cover-up. Mark Galeotti explains what’s next for the Russian president as elections loom.
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