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💡 Western leaders are making a last-ditch attempt to de-escalate the #RussiaUkraineCrisis. Despite some promising steps, tensions remain high, and signals are mixed.

Read about @ACEurasia delegation’s trip to Kyiv 🇺🇦 👉 bit.ly/3GUonYk (2/7)

1️⃣ #NATO Allies bolstered their defenses by sending troops and equipment to 🇵🇱 & 🇱🇹 and #Turkey began providing drones to Kyiv. All this as #Ukraine prepares to unplug from Russian electricity amid fears of invasion.

More 👉 bit.ly/3sKYrtl (3/7)

2️⃣ Meanwhile, “Poland has been mending a lot of fences recently. Whether it’s the threat from Putin, or domestic politics, or other reasons, it’s welcome,” says @AmbDanFried about the latest phase in the 🇵🇱 and 🇪🇺 stand-off. (4/7)

3️⃣ Due to 🇺🇸 pressure, it will be harder for foreign shell companies to register in the 🇬🇧 corporate registry, marking a new milestone in cracking down on 🇷🇺 money laundering in the West.

More about Russian kleptocracy from @TomTugendhat ➡️ bit.ly/3LiSZWQ (5/7)

4️⃣ Our senior fellow @Maja_Piscevic summarizes the parliamentary instability in 🇲🇪: “leading parties opposed to the gov’s dissolution are anchoring protests against the formation of a new coalition gov incl. DPS w/o fresh elections” (6/7)

5️⃣ The @OSCE plans on sending a full-scale electoral monitoring mission to 🇭🇺 for the April 3 election that finds PM #Orban in a tough re-election bid against @markizaypeter.

Rewatch Péter Márki-Zay at @ACEurope 👉 bit.ly/3rW7zfy

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