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Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine

The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine.

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President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago in December.
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Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine

The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine.

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President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago in December.
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Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Surrender to Russia, Zelensky Says

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he didn’t want to believe that Washington wanted an end to the war at Ukraine’s expense. “But that’s how it looks,” he added.

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Damage from a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. The country has complained about what it describes as lapses in U.S. intelligence sharing before attacks.
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Will Trump’s Endorsement of Netanyahu Fire Up His Campaign or Fizzle?

President Trump said Benjamin Netanyahu was a “Great Warrior,” as he faces a tough re-election bid for prime minister. But the Trump brand is not what it once was in Israel, analysts say.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a campaign event in Yoqne’am on Saturday.
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Trump Defends Plans to Ease Russia Sanctions and Hints at a Hostage Deal

The president on Sunday justified his reversal of almost five years of sanctions against Russia as part of peace negotiations. He did not name any hostage.

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President Trump wrote on social media on Sunday: “I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table.”
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Migrants From Ukraine and Sudan to Keep Deportation Protections for Now

Temporary Protected Status for the two countries was set to expire on Monday. The Trump administration said an announcement would be made “at the appropriate time.”

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The decision to hold off on an announcement about Ukrainian and Sudanese migrants mirrored a similar move by the Trump administration last month to allow people from El Salvador to keep their deportation protections for now.
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Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election

The president praised the embattled prime minister for his endurance, saying any other candidate would be the “wrong Leader.”

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“Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition,” President Trump wrote of the Israeli prime minister on Sunday.
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Zelensky Says Trump Risks ‘Historic Mistake’ If He Backs Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine pressed Sunday for more information on possible restrictions to Starshield, a U.S.-provided satellite internet service used by the Ukrainian military.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Brussels on Friday.
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Graham Breaks With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed

Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president’s decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.

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Senator Darline Graham at a hearing in Washington last month.
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U.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe

The Trump administration is pitching the idea as part of a peace deal with Ukraine, but Europe is wary and critics say Russia would be strengthened.

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A Gazprom gas processing plant in the Orenburg region of Russia.
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Trump Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions

The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year in Alaska.
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Dispute Between Trump Allies Centers on Millions Transferred From Congo

The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.

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Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon had once been close friends.
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Dispute Between Trump Allies Centers on Millions Transferred From Congo

The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.

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Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon had once been close friends.
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What to Know About the Violent Protests in Albania

Student demonstrations over education converged with broader protests against rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.

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A protester faced off with police officers on Saturday during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania.
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Trump Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions

The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year in Alaska.
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Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters

One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.

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American officials say they have identified similar influence campaigns by Russia and others in years past, all trying to create discord over contentious topics.
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The Rupturing Trump-Zelensky Relationship Stands to Hurt Ukraine and Its European Allies

Where the two presidents’ war of words will end is anybody’s guess. But if it continues, it could threaten the crucial operational help that Ukraine still gets from the United States.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in December.
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Trump Ally, Paolo Zampolli, Leaves State Department

Paolo Zampolli, a longtime Trump associate, gained attention earlier this year with a report that his ex-wife had been detained by ICE after his request.

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Paolo Zampolli in Belgrade in April.
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A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell

Two Trump allies — Alina Habba Mildon and Richard Grenell — are locked in a raging dispute that has its roots in the battle for a share of the spoils in Venezuela.

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President Trump had appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center.
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A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell

Two Trump allies — Alina Habba Mildon and Richard Grenell — are locked in a raging dispute that has its roots in the battle for a share of the spoils in Venezuela.

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President Trump had appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center.
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Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End

The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.

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President Trump during a campaign stop in Alaska on Tuesday. He has not delivered on his promises to end the war in Ukraine, or to lower prices, and recent deals with Russia could complicate both issues.
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Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End

The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.

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President Trump during a campaign stop in Alaska on Tuesday. He has not delivered on his promises to end the war in Ukraine, or to lower prices, and recent deals with Russia could complicate both issues.
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How U.S. Support to Ukraine Has Evolved Under Trump

President Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine has raised questions about the future of U.S. support.

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President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last December.
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Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Calls Trump’s New Oil Partner Corrupt

The businessman denied accusations made by María Corina Machado in a wide-ranging interview, in which she promised to return to Venezuela “sooner than you would expect.”

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While expressing frustration that she is stuck abroad, María Corina Machado vowed to return to Venezuela and rally supporters for a future election.
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More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government

The daughter of the president’s chief of staff joined an American businessman in Republika Srpska as he explored a gas pipeline. And six current and former campaign advisers recently traveled there for an election.
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Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Russian Refinery Strikes, Defying Trump

President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed overt frustration with the United States in an interview with The Financial Times. He had paused the strikes to comply with a demand from the United States.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in London on Wednesday.
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U.S. Continues to Provide Intelligence to Ukraine, Officials Say

Confusion about the U.S. stance has mounted in Kyiv amid restrictions on how the military version of Starlink is used.

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Ukrainian officials have complained about restrictions on their use of an internet network developed by SpaceX.
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Why Trump Made a Diesel Deal With Putin

Our national security and White House correspondent David E. Sanger breaks down why President Donald Trump struck a deal with President Vladimir V. Putin to import Russian diesel fuel in the coming months, despite having signed recent congressional legislation tightening energy sanctions on Russia.
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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

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Firefighters at the site of a strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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Burnham Pledges to Back Zelensky as Trump’s Ukraine Support Wavers

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine outside 10 Downing Street, in London, on Wednesday.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Sanctions on 2 Groups Aiding the I.C.C.

The ruling prevents the administration from penalizing two rights groups for working to provide information for the International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigations.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague last month.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise and Fall as Trump’s Ambassador to Greece

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise and Fall as Trump’s Ambassador to Greece

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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Senators Urge Trump to Reverse Diesel Deal With Putin

A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.

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The letter, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, came just weeks after Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to increase economic pressure on Moscow and its allies.
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Senators Urge Trump to Reverse Diesel Deal With Putin

A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.

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The letter, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, came just weeks after Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to increase economic pressure on Moscow and its allies.
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‘Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle.

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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‘Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle.

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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F.B.I. Disrupts Pyongyang Revenue Stream: North Koreans in U.S. Tech Jobs

F.B.I. investigators worked with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to dismantle so-called laptop farms that steal American identities to earn cash for Pyongyang.

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North Korea has generated billions in cash in recent years, evading international sanctions, through remote I.T. worker schemes, U.S. officials say.
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Trump Hands Victories to Putin, Who Offers More War in Return

Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this month.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece

Ms. Guilfoyle was asked to quit by the White House after a string of damaging reports, including that she had asked a Republican donor to pay off a credit card.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle in Athens in December. On Tuesday, she wrote that she planned to “vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”
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Ukraine Says It Received No Intelligence About Strikes 2 Nights in a Row

Asked about apparent U.S. threats to cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv, which can warn of Russian aerial attacks, President Trump said information continued to flow.

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A resident collecting belongings from an apartment building that was struck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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U.K. and Europe Recoil From Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin

Shocked by the U.S. agreement with Russia, which Ukraine has called “a gift” to President Putin, officials in Europe have coalesced around a cautious diplomatic message.

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President Trump departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Saturday for a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn.
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Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

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President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One as he departs from on Oct. 12.
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After Russian Diesel Deal, Trump Faces New Crisis Over Ukraine

President Trump’s surprise decision to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel fuel stunned Ukrainian and European officials, who were meeting with U.S. envoys at an exclusive golf club near Miami.

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Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv last month.
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A Trump Loyalist, a Turkish Investor and a Battle for Wealth and Influence

A Turkish businessman once allied with the Maduro regime has tied the knot with President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, at the same time he is seeking to retain a big contract in Venezuela.

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Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela, at the Miraflores Palace in May.
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NATO Details Plan to Shield Ukraine’s European Allies From Russia

With the Russians intensifying sabotage, arson and cyberattacks against European nations supporting Ukraine, NATO divulged a blueprint, in case of war, to deter the Kremlin.

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Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich of the U.S. Air Force, NATO’s top military commander, speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday.
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Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine

President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.

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Smoke rising from fires at an oil refinery after what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Moscow last month.
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Ukraine Shrugs Off Trump Call to Ditch Zelensky for Energy Strikes

President Trump lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries. Mr. Zelensky said he’ll stop — if Russia does too.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a World War II memorial ceremony in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Some Republicans Reject Trump’s Move to Import Diesel Fuel From Russia

High diesel costs have posed a problem for Republicans in the midterms, but President Trump’s decision did not satisfy some candidates in key Senate races.

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Former Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan, left, and Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska took issue with President Trump’s announcement.
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