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Moldovan-Russian relations in the spot light as Moscow plays down accusations that it is seeking a change of the pro-Ukrainian government in Chisinau.
Feb. 14, 2023
War in Ukraine
Moscow and those in the West who stand to gain from continued business with Russia insist the sanctions aren’t working. The budget deficit tells another story.
Feb. 14, 2023
Russia
The redistribution of property in Russia to the benefit of Putin's cronies, loyalists and criminals, continues.
Feb. 12, 2023
War in Ukraine
Legal barriers protect Russian assets from seizure as reparations as experts seek to find a way around them.
Feb. 12, 2023
Russia
Creativity is needed not just for fighting the enemy, but also in the legal sphere – to find ways of turning seized assets into liquidity that can be used in the war and reconstruction effort.
Feb. 10, 2023
Russia
Kremlin invites more protests in Khabarovsk with draconian prison term for its popular ex-governor.
Feb. 10, 2023
War in Ukraine
Journalist Maria Ponomarenko, mother of two, is likely to spend nearly all of the next decade in a Russian prison. Her crime? Telling the truth about Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
Feb. 7, 2023
Russia
EU-wide ban on Russia oil products alongside a G7 price cap on the same items aimed at tightening pressure on Moscow.
Feb. 7, 2023
War in Ukraine
Russia's Dmitry Donskoi, the world's largest nuclear submarine, will soon be scrap metal.
Feb. 6, 2023
War in Ukraine
Governor of Kaluga, Russia, Vladislav Shapsha, announced that a drone exploded early on Monday morning, roughly 150 KMs from downtown Moscow.
Feb. 6, 2023
War in Ukraine
Oligarch Konstantin Malofeev and ex-intelligence officer Igor Girkin are on a mission to restore Russia’s imperial glory. To do so they need to destroy Ukraine.
Feb. 6, 2023
Europe
The caps involve two price levels, $100 per barrel for more expensive fuel and $45 on lower-quality products.
Feb. 4, 2023
US
The money will come from assets confiscated from Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev.
Feb. 4, 2023
Russia
Pierre de Gaulle has previously claimed the war in Ukraine was caused by the “disastrous role of NATO”, Zelensky’s “reckless policies” and “neo-Nazi military groups”.
Feb. 3, 2023
HUR drones hit a fuel depot in Kaluga, Russia, sparking massive explosions and fire. Local videos show air defenses failing to stop the precision strikes.
Nov. 25