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The election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt intensifies as the “Taktisch Wählen” initiative urges voters to support the SPD and Greens to prevent an AfD-led government. Current polls show the AfD leading with 43%, raising concerns about the distribution of seats if smaller parties fail to clear the 5% threshold.

Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service reported.  Yet, the current investigation dates back to August 2022, and “anti-corruption activists do say that things have improved in terms of defence procurement”, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Kyiv-Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg. 

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