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Daily Brief: Afternoon — August 10, 2026
The Piaz Afternoon Brief for Monday, August 10, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. A Moscow court has disqualified the Yabloko party, Russia's last anti-war political group, from participating in upcoming parliamentary elections. This decision effectively removes a significant dissenting voice from the political arena. In this brief: 1. Russian Anti-War Party Barred from Elections Amidst Wider Pattern of Political Exclusion (BBC World) 2. Congresswoman Mace's Islamophobic Rhetoric Echoes US History of Othering Minorities (Al Jazeera - Middle East) 3. Turkey's…
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