all names

Western countries place

Named in 7 reports across 6 stories - 11 Aug – 27 Sept
11 Aug 202627 Sept 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Western countries. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Western countries.

Kremlin and Russia share 1 reportBudanov and Russia share 1 reportKyiv and Ukraine share 1 reportEspen Barth Eide and Middle East share 1 reportAfghan Taliban government and Russia share 1 reportRussia and Ukraine share 1 reportEurope and Ukraine share 1 reportBudanov and Kremlin share 1 reportEurope and Kyiv share 1 reportKremlin and Ukraine share 1 reportBudanov and Ukraine share 1 reportWestern countriesRussiaRussia - 2 shared reports (place)UkraineUkraine - 2 shared reports (place)Afghan Tali…Afghan Taliban government - 1 shared report (organization)BudanovBudanov - 1 shared report (person)Espen Barth…Espen Barth Eide - 1 shared report (person)EuropeEurope - 1 shared report (place)KremlinKremlin - 1 shared report (organization)KyivKyiv - 1 shared report (place)Middle EastMiddle East - 1 shared report (place)NetanyahuNetanyahu - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike

292 outlets2 reports name Western countries2 Aug – 20 Oct

Five years after return, Afghan Taliban government builds diplomacy

78 outlets1 report names Western countries11 Aug – 19 Oct

‘Warsaw Will Disappear in 2 or 3 Days’: Kremlin Threatens Poland

58 outlets1 report names Western countries28 Aug – 20 Oct

Push for Pacific security treaty - ABC listen

51 outlets1 report names Western countries6 Aug – 20 Oct

FM Wadephul: We must make Russia realize need to end war

38 outlets1 report names Western countries21 Sept – 20 Oct

The constant adaptation to counterterrorism efforts erodes the rule of law and public freedoms in Western countries

2 outlets1 report names Western countries10 Sept – 11 Sept

Who keeps naming them

Anadolu Agency (AA)3Japan Times1South China Morning Post1Le Monde English1Ukrinform (Ukraine)1

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