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Feb 2025
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Natalia Gavrilița talks about Disinforma...

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In this episode of Think. Debate. Inspire., Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar talk to Natalia Gavrilita about disinformation and Russian manipulation during elections, and how democracy is a constant work in progress that must be fought for.


*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE GERMAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS."



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Moldova's accession to the EU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Moldova_to_the_European_Union#:~:text=The%20accession%20of%20Moldova%20to,future%20enlargement%20of%20the%20EU.&text=Following%20an%20application%20by%20Moldova,EU%20on%2022%20June%202022. 


Moldova Support Platform: https://gov.md/en/moldova-support-platform 


Russian intereference in Moldovan elections (Zeit Artikel): https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2024-10/natalia-gavrilita-moldau-praesidentschaftswahl-eu-referendum-russland 


Storm 1516, Doppelgänger, Matryoshka: https://www.dw.com/en/russian-disinformation-aims-to-manipulate-german-2025-election/a-71664788 


Support to Moldovan wine industry by the USAID: https://md.usembassy.gov/usaid-launches-a-new-50-million-rural-competitiveness-and-resilience-activity-rcra/ 


Stolpersteine: https://www.stolpersteine.eu/en/ 


Berliner Dom Choir: https://www.berlinerdom.de/en/music/our-musicians/berlin-state-and-cathedral-choir/ 


Marianna Mazzucato: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Mazzucato 


Dani Rodrik: https://drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/



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