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Although Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died 70 years ago, his presence seems ubiquitous in the increasingly authoritarian Russia of Vladimir Putin. “We are definitely living inside Stalin’s legacy, where the main things are fear, atomization, submission, and other social evils,” a commentator wrote.
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On December 25,1948, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched an attack on the Egyptian military in the area of the Sinai desert. The offensive, part of the Arab-Israeli war, was notable for pointing to the expansionist character of the newly-formed Zionist state.