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Mar 2024
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Will South Ossetia Join Russia?

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In today’s episode, we run through South Ossetia’s plan to potentially join Russia. Also, we discuss Putin celebrating Russia's election results; why Niger is planning to kick out US troops; and updates to the elections in India and Venezuela.


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Further reading:


✍️ Will South Ossetia join Russia?


https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/occupied-georgian-region-is-discussing-becoming-part-of-russia/

https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-ossetia-join-russia/32864980.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/breakaway-georgian-region-is-discussing-becoming-part-russia-says-local-official-2024-03-17/


✍️ Putin Secures 6 More Years


https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/17/europe/russia-putin-election-win-analysis-hnk-intl/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-presidential-vote-starts-final-day-with-accusations-kyiv-sabotage-2024-03-17/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/17/a-farce-not-an-election-russians-abroad-join-noon-against-putin-protest



✍️ Niger To Kick Out US Troops


https://www.ft.com/content/ceb60f8c-59fa-43e1-bb0c-a333b9a5e621

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68590531


✍️ India & Venezuela Elections


https://apnews.com/article/india-general-elections-2024-52fe2ee3260624c1658bacdbb1bd15a5

https://apnews.com/article/nicolas-maduro-venezuela-election-ban-e2da443396311023ca27671ab3d7938b

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-16/maduro-to-run-for-venezuela-reelection-after-blocking-main-rival


✍️ TLDR Good News


https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2024/03/13/nasa-engineers-make-progress-toward-understanding-voyager-1-issue/

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasas-voyager-1-sends-readable-message-to-earth-after-4-nail-biting-months-of-gibberish


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