Europe – Page 332 – Prologue Journal

Volkswagen Sees Electric Vehicles as a Way to Grow in the U.S.

New York Times It and other foreign automakers are trying to exploit upheaval caused by new technology to gain market share from their dominant rivals. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/business/vw-electric-vehicles-us.html

Russian Pilot Who Defected to Ukraine Is Believed Dead in Spain

New York Times The apparent death in Spain of Maksim Kuzminov is likely to fuel speculation that it was the work of Russia’s intelligence services. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/russian-pilot-maksim-kuzminov-spain.html

Protesting Polish Farmers Block Much of Ukraine’s Western Border

New York Times The farmers are demonstrating against what they see as an influx of Ukrainian food products crowding the Polish market and undercutting their livelihood. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/ukraine-poland-protest-farmers.html

Yulia Navalnaya’s X Account Is Suspended and Then Restored

New York Times An account created by Aleksei A. Navalny’s widow on Monday disappeared and then returned hours later. The social media company said the suspension had been a mistake. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/navalny-wife-yuliya-navalnaya-x-account.html

Russia Arrests U.S. Citizen, Accusing Her of Treason by Aiding Ukraine

New York Times The country’s main security agency said the 33-year-old detainee lived in Los Angeles. A lawyers group said she had donated $50 to the war effort. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/russia-arrest-us-citizen-treason.html

Tuesday Briefing

New York Times Aleksei Navalny’s widow keeps fighting. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/briefing/aleksei-navalny-widow-africa-femicide.html

Yulia Navalnaya, Aleksei Navalny’s Widow, Takes Center Stage

New York Times The wife of Russia’s most famous opposition leader long shunned the spotlight, but his death in prison may make that impossible. “I have no right to give up,” she said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/yulia-navalnaya-russia.html

Yulia Navalnaya, Aleksei Navalny’s Widow, Takes Center Stage

Assange Extradition Case Returns to UK Court

New York Times Julian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks founder, has been in a British prison for nearly five years, fighting a U.S. extradition order. A court hearing this week is his last chance to be granted an appeal. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/assange-us-extradition-uk-court-case.html

4 Ways Autocrats Have Used Interpol to Harass Faraway Enemies

New York Times As an election looms, strongmen are finding new ways to use the international policing organization to pursue dissidents. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/world/europe/interpol-strongmen-harassment.html