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moscow bureau chief @FT. in soviet russia, news reports you: [email protected]
Joined August 2011
As their yacht bobbed on the Mediterranean, the microchip executive snapped a picture of his Russian partner asleep on the deck. He only knew the Russian by his first name, Maxim. But he knew Maxim was using a shadowy network to get the chips for the Russian defense industry.
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RT @ChristopherJM: Trump and Zelenskyy are expected to discuss the abrupt halt in some key US weapons deliveries to Kyiv in a call on Frida….
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RT @ChristopherJM: How Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies and saboteurs. Since last spring, Ukraine has arrested more than 700 people i….
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RT @ChristopherJM: Russia launched the most extensive aerial bombardment of Ukraine since its full-scale invasion, signalling a sharp escal….
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🟥please welcome the first edition of our new English-language newsletter—your essential guide to Russian politics and economics. this time our main stories are about why Putin picks Trump over Iran and DME airport ownership saga. find the link below and please spread the word 👇.
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RT @HannaNotte: My latest column @FT . #Russia doesn't need #Iran’s help to sustain the war in #Ukraine. Iran’s humiliation and weakening….
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A new cryptocurrency token designed to allow cross-border payments in spite of western sanctions on Russia, launched by a fugitive Moldovan oligarch and a Russian defence sector bank, has moved some $9.3bn in just four months, the FT has found.
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Asked about his summer offensive, Putin says: "We don't have the goal of capturing Sumy, but I don't rule it out."
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Asked how far his army will go in Ukraine, Putin says: "I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one people. In that sense all Ukraine is ours."
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RT @Peter__Leonard: Tajikistan's president trying, but failing, to act nonchalant before the sight of a huge pile of cucumbers https://t.co….
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RT @AlexGabuev: If there is one text in Russian you read today, it should be this one by @planca and her colleagues - about a network of un….
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Chaser: Russia is on the verge of a recession, its economy minister said on Thursday, the first public admission that the country’s war economy is starting to cool three years after President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Shot: “Nobody’s talking about any investment, because how are you supposed to invest in Russia in this climate — war, sanctions, slowing growth and persistent inflation?” The main point of the forum is to show Putin that the economy isn’t stagnating.”
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RT @ChristopherJM: A building used by Boeing in Kyiv was badly damaged in a recent large-scale Russian air attack, in what appeared to be a….
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Just months ago, Putin laid the groundwork for western companies to return to Russia. None are trying. And ersatz companies that have thrived in their absence, like McDonald’s copycat Vkusno i tochka, want it to stay that way:. with @courtney_ft
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Russia’s central bank cut its key interest by a full percentage point on Friday to 20 per cent, its first cut since 2022, as Vladimir Putin’s war economy cools. @NastyaStognei has all the latest:.
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"The notion that Putin is under pressure from his military-industrial lobby to continue the war is fallacious. His overriding goal is to strip Ukraine of the core element of sovereignty as he defines it: the ability to defend itself," @amenka writes.
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RT @ChristopherJM: Christ. The Russian army launched another strike today on Kherson’s regional government building, now destroying it, acc….
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"It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace," Trump says after speaking to Putin, who hasn't acknowledged Ukraine's attacks on Russian airfields but appears to have vowed to retaliate
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Putin has rejected Ukraine's offer of a summit with Zelensky and an immediate ceasefire. This is his first time addressing the major Ukrainian strikes last weekend, and a marked rhetorical escalation. "Who has negotiations with terrorists?" he says.
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RT @NastyaStognei: The aircraft disabled by Kyiv’s drone attack made up around 20% of Russia’s active long-range aviation. The planes were….
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