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Beyond the protests — How legal mechanisms became tools of pressure

"Every time I come to Kyiv, there are protests," my French colleague once told me. "That's so great that at least in Ukraine, protests work. You can't persist while fighting on both fronts." He's right: protests do work. But only to a degree. More importantly, they are symptoms of a far more problematic phenomenon: the systematic use of ostensibly legal mechanisms to undermine civil society. If left unchecked, this practice could jeopardize Ukraine's democratic future. Last July, the swift ado

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Ukraine's defense industry produces weapons systems, ammunition, and military equipment for Ukrainian forces and potential export markets. Domestic production expanded significantly since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, with especially drone production.

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