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Yet, in declining to comment on the future of Crimea, a region of Ukraine that Russian separatists seized in 2014 prior to the start of the current war, Rutte noted that the Soviet Union had annexed three Baltic states during World War II until its collapse in 1991.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025 -
The long-simmering conflict in Kashmir, India, blew up on Tuesday, when Islamic Kashmir separatists killed 26 tourists and injured over a dozen others.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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Dodik and other secessionist leaders will realize that nothing is stopping them from dismantling the remaining Bosnian institutions in their territory.—
Ismet Fatih Cancar,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Apr. 2025
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An Austrian secessionist painted iron center table by Thonet stands atop a circa 1900 Russian Bessarabian wool rug in the two-story entrance hall.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2025
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The group cemented its control of Idlib by positioning itself as the alternative to the radicals, such as al-Qaeda and ISIS, and the Assad regime.—
Jerome Drevon,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2025
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What was once a noble impulse — the ability to assimilate and share the feelings of others — has, in its most unmitigated form, become a liability, one that foreign adversaries and domestic radicals alike have learned to exploit.—
Kevin Waldman,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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