Thaksin decried inappropriate interference in the political process – a reference to the army's alleged intervention in favour of the Democrats – and denounced politicians who had been loyal to him but switched their allegiances.
Their fear: that "sphere of influence" means subversion or attack or interference in elections in favour of pro-Kremlin candidates.
Remember that Russian allegations of interference to sway the election in favour of Donald Trump emerged in May 2016 with the first reports of hackers targeting the Democratic Party.
He fears interference will undermine the wholesale side of the market in favour of retail.
Although most Republicans, especially the party's evangelical Christian wing, are deeply opposed to homosexual marriage, they are also by tradition in favour of states' rights and against federal interference.
This is a classic strike in favour of Berlin's "negative liberty" from official interference and control.
In response, Lewis signalled that while he was generally in favour of budget support, there was clear evidence of Rwandan interference in the east of the DRC, adding: "Until that changes, we can't change our position on direct budget support [to Rwanda]." The fringe is sponsored by DAI, GRM and Adam Smith International.
Igor Zagar, a 55-year-old professor from the capital, Ljubljana, said he voted in favour of marriage equality to "support the secular state and against the interference of the church into political issues".
"We ended up in the bizarre position where being in favour of the enforcement of liberal democracy was a 'neoconservative' view and non-interference in another nation's affairs was 'progressive'".
"We ended up in the bizarre position where being in favour of the enforcement of liberal democracy was a 'neoconservative' view and non-interference in another nation's affairs was 'progressive'". Kosovo was his first test.
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