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Anti-Russia protest in Germany Yann Schreiber/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ploy to use oil and gas exports as “a weapon of financial war” in its campaign to conquer Ukraine “is increasingly backfiring, threatening the core of Russia’s beleaguered economy and curtailing its geopolitical influence,” The Wall Street Journal reports. Putin had calculated that cutting off natural gas to Europe, and especially Germany, would leave Europe’s economy in shambles and its… Source link

The head of the Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group confirmed Tuesday that a Zambian student killed while fighting for the Russian military in Ukraine had been recruited from prison by Wagner. Nathan Lemekhandi Nyirenda, 23, had been studying nuclear engineering at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute before he was convicted on drug possession charges in 2020. He was killed on the frontlines of Ukraine on Sept. 22, the same month that videos emerged of Wagner chief Yevgeny… Source link

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a tsunami of M&A deals as Russia’s private companies scramble to restructure their businesses to account for tectonic changes in the business landscape. It has cost everyone a lot of money as owners have been forced to sell off businesses exposed to sanctions or in many cases the leading lights of Russian industry has been forced… Source link

© Provided by Business Insider Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to the welcoming ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia, on November 23, 2022. Contributor/Getty Images Yandex, Russia’s biggest tech giant, wants to cut ties with the country, according to the NYT. Yandex’s parent company has concerns about the impact of the Ukrainian war on its businesses. The exit could deliver a blow to President Putin as he focuses efforts on homegrown tech and goods. Russia stands to lose its… Source link

“You open the Yandex main page and you start [searching for the] Kremenchuk [attack] to receive some alternative picture from other sources, and all you get is that ‘yeah ok, you’re right, it’s fake’ – and that’s it,” he told the BBC. “It’s like a double punch.” Source link

“You open the Yandex main page and you start [searching for the] Kremenchuk [attack] to receive some alternative picture from other sources, and all you get is that ‘yeah ok, you’re right, it’s fake’ – and that’s it,” he told the BBC. “It’s like a double punch.” Source link

“You open the Yandex main page and you start [searching for the] Kremenchuk [attack] to receive some alternative picture from other sources, and all you get is that ‘yeah ok, you’re right, it’s fake’ – and that’s it,” he told the BBC. “It’s like a double punch.” Source link

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public refusal to engage in peace talks unless President Vladimir Putin is removed from power, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The paper quoted unnamed people familiar with the discussions as saying that the request by American officials was not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but a calculated attempt to… Source link

KYIV, Ukraine — Even by his own fire-and-brimstone standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed angry on Friday as he addressed hundreds of Russian parliamentarians and governors in St. George Hall in the Kremlin. The event had been called so that Putin could triumphantly announce his latest gambit in Ukraine, the annexation of four regions of that country into the Russian Federation. But as he rattled off a litany of reasons as to why this land grab was necessary, the mood was more… Source link

Russia’s military performance in Ukraine has become a global embarrassment. President Vladimir Putin’s new plan to ship thousands of barely-trained Russian civilians to the front lines is a sign that his army is taking a beating. Western military analysts are astonished at the incompetence of a military they once considered fearsome. The decision could even bring down Putin himself. Yet Russia remains far from beaten. Putin’s recent moves are likely to prolong the war and intensify the… Source link