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Move comes as Kremlin steps up campaign to force tycoons to bring their wealth and businesses back home
Investigation under Official Secrets Act against five Bulgarian nationals ongoing
Brewer seeks to engage with Russian authorities in the hope of selling Baltika Breweries
An intimate history of sexuality in central Asia; and a sweeping account of 45 centuries of nomadic tribes in the region
A new school textbook forms part of a wider effort to make society proud of a state-designed version of the past
Italy is allowing the unnamed owner of the Scheherazade to pay for staff, maintenance and a refit
At home and abroad, the Kremlin’s control of information is less tight than it would like
Despite heavy attrition of Russian equipment, the question remains whether Kyiv can build momentum
Strike is second in three days and signals Ukraine’s intent to step up attacks on targets inside Russia
New mobilisation law is part of a wider effort to maximise Russia’s firepower and blunt western support for Kyiv
Sergei Shoigu’s visit to Pyongyang marks 70th anniversary of Korean war armistice
Former FSB intelligence officer led chorus of ‘angry patriots’ who have criticised Moscow’s handling of Ukraine invasion
Yevgeny Prigozhin, undaunted by his failed mutiny, is refocusing on Africa in search of new revenues
Secret service chief says some who oppose the war in Ukraine have already joined up
Ukraine fears being sold out but the US and its allies can use secret talks to convince Putin of their resolve
FSB enforces crackdown on use by state officials after claiming it uncovered an espionage operation using Apple devices
The Russian president has come to fear his elites as much as they fear him
Moscow’s ‘impotence’ on failed mutiny turns Russia ‘into a banana republic without any bananas’, says former official
Sergei Surovikin was known to have had good relations with warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian president’s security forces ‘have started shaking down sympathisers’ of exiled warlord
Ordinary residents rattled by mutiny as Kremlin cheerleaders seek to dismiss paramilitary group’s insurrection
And no, the Japan rally isn’t about the yen
Aborted Prigozhin rebellion raises spectre of state collapse if Kremlin faces further coup attempts
Defence minister and army chief seen as ‘lame ducks’ but could stay on as president’s loyalists
Also in today’s newsletter: the fringe extremists entering Greece’s parliament
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