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    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Alexander Baunov
      Russia¡¯s diplomats are now reduced to propagandists

      Once regarded as a sophisticated elite, foreign ministry officials now use extreme language to prove loyalty to the Kremlin

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Crimea explosions focus spotlight on shadow counter-offensive

      Air base incident is the latest involving Russian targets that western analysts suspect had indirect guidance from Kyiv

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Recep Tayyip Erdo?an¡¯s risky double game

      Turkish president¡¯s closer co-operation with Moscow could trigger retaliation from the °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³ÇÍøÖ·

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine: free to read
      Tracking Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine in maps

      A visual guide to the war

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Turkish politics
      Alarm mounts in western capitals over Turkey¡¯s deepening ties with Russia

      Officials warn of retaliation if Ankara helps Moscow evade sanctions after Erdo?an and Putin agree to increase co-operation

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Tony Barber
      The thirst for freedom in Belarus is unquenchable

      Two years after pro-democracy protests swept the nation, opponents of the Lukashenko regime can take heart from Polish history

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Putin and Erdo?an vow to deepen economic ties

      Russian and Turkish presidents discuss trade and investment deals in Black Sea meeting

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      ¡®Russification¡¯ erodes Ukraine¡¯s sovereignty in occupied Kherson

      Moscow¡¯s control of southern city grows stronger as Kyiv plans military offensive to regain regional capital

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Chess
      Ukrainian grandmaster moves to check Russia¡¯s domination of world chess federation

      Andrii Baryshpolets seeks to harness international sympathy for Kyiv to end Moscow¡¯s longstanding rule of Fide

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Russian court sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison

      Decision comes despite °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³ÇÍøÖ· efforts to secure prisoner swap for basketball star

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Gerhard Schr?der says Russia wants negotiated end to Ukraine war

      Germany ex-chancellor defends friendship with Vladimir Putin after trip to Moscow

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³ÇÍøÖ· imposes sanctions on Putin¡¯s reputed girlfriend and other Russian elites

      Treasury department also targets multinational company, yacht and sanctions-evasion operation

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      Russia
      Ex-Putin aide Chubais hospitalised in Italy with rare neurological disorder

      Kremlin¡¯s climate envoy quit shortly after Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      ReviewArts
      Another Russia podcast finds a fresh angle on a familiar story ¡ª review

      The daughter of murdered politician and Putin critic Boris Nemtsov co-presents this chilling new series

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian strikes hit key supply route in Russia-controlled Kherson region

      °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³ÇÍøÖ·-supplied high-precision rockets damage bridge on Dnipro river, making transport impossible

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Energy crisis
      °ÄÃÅµÄÆÏ¾©an gas price rise accelerates as Russia cuts flows

      Cost has surged 25% this week as Moscow reduces supply through key pipeline

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Energy crisis
      °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³ÇÍøÖ· warns of surge in fuel costs as it renews push for Russian oil price cap

      Officials are worried impending ban on tanker insurance could force crude production offline

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      Sergei Lavrov on °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³Ç¹ÙÍø tour to counter accusation Russia is ¡®exporting hunger¡¯

      Russian foreign minister to visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo after Egypt on Sunday

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia admits missile strikes on Odesa despite grain export deal with Ukraine

      UN and °ÄÃÅÆÏ¾©¶Ä³ÇÍøÖ· condemn breach of agreement intended to avert global food crisis

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      Japanese politics & policy
      Japan sounds alarm over Russian and Chinese military co-operation

      Tokyo releases defence white paper as it considers changing pacifist constitution

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Hungary sends foreign minister to Moscow to ask Russia for more gas

      Peter Szijj¨¢rt¨® says swiftly decoupling from Russian energy would damage the Hungarian economy

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      ReviewFilm
      We Are Russia ¡ª furious film about the lost hope for a new president

      Alexandra Dalsbaek documents the young supporters of Alexei Navalny and how their dreams were snuffed out

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Brussels asks EU states to slash gas use by 15% starting next month

      Plan comes as Russia¡¯s Putin warns of reduced supplies to the continent

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia signals plan to annex more parts of Ukraine

      Foreign minister says Moscow¡¯s war aims extend beyond eastern Donbas region

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      White House warns Russia plans to annex parts of southern Ukraine

      Kremlin installing proxy officials and preparing to hold stage-managed referendums, Washington says

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