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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe

New York Times2 October 2026, 04:01 UTCRussia

The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.

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