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Kakhovka collapse joins a growing list of potential Russian war crimes
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A series of assaults has highlighted Moscow’s vulnerability to blowback from the Ukraine conflict
Misleading or suppressed official figures make it hard to assess Russia’s wartime economic record but strains are evident
Civil society is beleaguered but alive in the face of Putin’s elaborate apparatus of repression
Coalition believes it has succeeded in hitting Kremlin revenues
Concerns about population are key to understanding how nations and their armies behave
European companies are at risk of losing assets with little or no compensation as the Kremlin retaliates against sanctions
Putin raises levies on oil and gas groups after G7 imposes price cap on Russian crude
Kyiv denies any involvement in alleged drone strike on Kremlin as Moscow vows retaliation
Kremlin builds ‘compensation fund’ in response to west’s ‘illegal expropriation of Russian assets’
US accuses Lula of ‘parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda’
Moscow’s support for Assad is a precedent for its scorched-earth strategy against Kyiv
Moscow denies changes to legislation will ‘cause panic’ and another wave of emigration
Kremlin tightens Soviet-era travel restrictions in ‘sensitive’ areas
Teachers, neighbours and even family members are turning to Soviet-style denunciations in wartime Russia
Beijing wants a weak Russia but will prevent its collapse, foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba claims
Vladimir Putin’s reliance on China gives Xi Jinping leverage that he should use
Zelenskyy’s government wades into battle among Orthodox churches, ordering priests and monks to vacate holy site
Chinese leader to affirm strong ties with Moscow despite Ukraine invasion
Opposition figures rally around Mikhail Fridman
US and Brussels say ‘foreign agent’ bill was incompatible with efforts to join EU and Nato
If you were Putin, where would you put your hard currency energy revenues?
Russian currency has lost about 20% of its value in gradual decline since start of December
Some officials worry defence forum could turn into a western echo chamber
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