Andrew Osborn
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Write about Russia for Reuters. Views own etc. Previously: Moscow Bureau Chief @Reuters and correspondent @WSJ @Telegraph @Independent and @guardian
Joined April 2009
Russia eyes China trade revival as Putin prepares for Xi summit, sources say
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Russia-China trade, which soared to record levels as the war in Ukraine left Moscow isolated, is now falling, a trend President Vladimir Putin is seeking to reverse as he prepares for a summit with...
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RT @GuyReuters: Russia slashes 2025 economic growth forecast to 1.5% from 2.5%
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Russia sees economic growth in 2025 slowing to 1.5%, far below the earlier 2.5% forecast, as high interest rates imposed to reduce inflation have stifled borrowing, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov...
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Don't mention the war: some residents tune out amid 'Summer in Moscow' festival
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Young people laugh as they play basketball on Moscow's leafy boulevards, couples relax playing chess on outdoor tables opposite the Bolshoi Theatre, and in the evenings show-offs drive expensive cars...
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'We threw hand grenades!' Russian kids as young as 8 get taste of military training
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"We threw hand grenades!"
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Russia orders state-backed MAX messenger app, a WhatsApp rival, pre-installed on phones and tablets
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A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets from next month, the...
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Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine by @BalmforthTom.
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It was unclear whether the proposals were an opening gambit or a final offer.
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Putin wins Ukraine concessions in Alaska but did not get all he wanted
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In a few short hours in Alaska, Vladimir Putin managed to convince Donald Trump that a Ukraine ceasefire was not the way to go, stave off U.S. sanctions, and spectacularly shatter years of Western...
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A look at Putin's past trips to the US ahead of planned Alaska summitÂ
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Vladimir Putin is set to become the first Russian president to visit Alaska, a territory Moscow sold to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million, assuming a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump goes...
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Russia makes sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit, maps show
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Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine near the coal mining town of Dobropillia, a move that may be an attempt to increase the pressure on Kyiv to give up land as the U.S. and...
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Russian TV shows teenagers at 'world's biggest drone factory' making arms to hit Ukraine
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A Russian factory, described by its director as the world's biggest maker of strike drones, has been shown on the Russian army's TV channel with teenagers helping make kamikaze drones to attack...
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Monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Moscow metro stirs debate
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A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate...
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Russian nationalists call for Moscow to fight on in Ukraine
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Hawkish anti-Western nationalists are waging a campaign to keep the conflict going.
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RT @GuyReuters: Russian nationalists call for Moscow to fight on in Ukraine @A_Osborn.
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Hawkish anti-Western nationalists are waging a campaign to keep the conflict going.
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As Trump thaws ties, Russia has a new public enemy number one: Britain
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It's a mantle Britain has held on and off over the past two centuries.
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