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The ruble hits early war lows, extending a slide that began after Prigozhin’s mutiny.
The Russian ruble slid to lows unseen since the weeks after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, amid fallout from…
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Opinion
The Xi-Putin Bromance Has Already Peaked
When Xi Jinping ascended to the pinnacle of Chinese power a decade ago, he saw Vladimir Putin as a strong…
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News
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida
A failed plot to assassinate a C.I.A. spy in 2020 in part led to expulsions of the agency’s chief in…
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News
Allies of Russia’s Navalny get years in prison as part of a widening crackdown on dissent.
Two allies of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny, were sentenced to years in prison on Wednesday, in…
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Allies of Russia’s Navalny get years in prison as part of a widening crackdown on dissent.
Two allies of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny, were sentenced to years in prison on Wednesday, in…
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Business
Russia and Saudi Arabia’s Oil Partnership Shows Strain
Analysts said the countries’ mutual need to keep energy prices high would help them maintain close ties, despite signs that…
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Opinion
An Endgame for Ukraine
It may be that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive, which could be in its early stages, will be as fruitless as Russia’s…
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News
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group forecasts disaster if Russia does not move into total war footing.
As Russia vowed to respond “extremely harshly” to a rare, two-day border incursion by pro-Ukrainian fighters, the leader of Russia’s…
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Pro-Ukraine Forces Appear to Have Used U.S.-Made Armored Vehicles in Incursion Into Russia
Pro-Ukraine fighters appeared to use at least three American-made armored vehicles during an incursion into Russia on Monday, pictures and…
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China and Russia, Targets at G7 Summit, Draw Closer to Fend Off West
Beijing and Moscow are holding visits this week as alarm grows in China that Western countries backing Ukraine are turning…