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A perfect storm of doom has been pummeling the global economy in recent months, undermining global growth expectations, but the IMF warns the worst-case scenario is plausible, which would cut growth to one of the lowest levels in the past five decades. SOUNDBITE
The United States condemns a Russian court verdict that found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of additional charges, saying it was an attempt to silence him. "The court's sham ruling is the latest in a series of attempts to silence Navalny," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Russia risks reviving Europe's dangerous Cold War era of division as it threatens Ukraine. SOUNDBITE of Antony Blinken
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejects Russia's call for the West to withdraw its invitation to Ukraine to join the alliance. "NATO's relationship with Ukraine is going to be decided by the 30 NATO allies and Ukraine -- no one else," Stoltenberg says, at a joint news conference with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Earlier, Russia's foreign ministry had said that NATO should formally scrap a 2008 declaration opening the door to Georgia and Ukraine, two former Soviet republics. SOUNDBITE
Some 3,000 supporters of Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili rally outside his prison, demanding his release after the authorities threatened him with fresh charges if he does not "behave." Saakashvili -- the founder of Georgia's main opposition force, the United National Movement, and president from 2004-2013 -- secretly returned from exile on the eve of Saturday's local elections and was swiftly arrested. IMAGES
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