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TIRANA, March 8 – Funds used by Albania’s Democratic Party to lobby for support in the United States have become a source of debate after an American magazine article noted it appears there are links to Russia, drawing a strong denial by the Albanian party and the Russian embassy in Tirana. Albania’s main opposition party, DP, says the article is part of a smear campaign backed by supporters of Albania’s ruling Socialist Party, which the opposition accuses of having ties to drug cultivation and trafficking and criminalising Albanian society. It is not the first time Albanian parties are caught…
