Natasha Lindstaedt, author at Social Europe

LGBT+ activists marching with a banner including the faces of Orban and Putin with lipstick and eye shadow

Populists back Putin with anti-Ukraine positions

Natasha Lindstaedt

Vladimir Putin looks to be a big winner from the far-right surge in the recent European Parliament elections.

Georgia sliding towards autocracy

Natasha Lindstaedt

Georgia is sliding towards autocracy after its government moves to force through a bill on ‘foreign agents’.

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