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Saldo: Ukraine’s gangster governor – part 1

Vladimir Saldo was swept from Ukraine’s parliament after the Maidan revolution appeared to end his political career. By 2022, police were preparing a case against him as a suspect in a contract killing. Then Russia invaded and everything changed. Tom Burgis reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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  The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses

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  What Ukraine needs to change the course of the war

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  Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner?

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  Sudan’s forgotten war

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  Where does the Cass report leave trans teenagers?

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  The chilling policy to cut Greenland’s high birth rate

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  Can Rishi Sunak create a smoke-free generation?

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  Liz Truss and her plan to ‘save the west’

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  Is the Middle East on the brink?

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  How Swiss women won a landmark climate case for Europe

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  Carers scandal: why are so many being prosecuted by the UK government?

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  Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, and the start of the hush money trial

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  Profits over pipes: who should own our water?

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  The devil walking on Earth part 2

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  The devil walking on Earth: part 1

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  Should the UK stop arming Israel?