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Venezuela election: first vote in a decade offers hope to poverty-stricken nation
The Explainer Nicolás Maduro agreed to 'free and fair' vote but poor polling and threat of prosecution pushes disputed leader to desperate methods
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'A financial windfall for Iranian terrorism'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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US-led price cap on Russian oil 'almost completely circumvented'
Speed Read 'Almost none' of seaborne crude oil from Moscow stayed below $60 per barrel limit imposed by G7 and EU last year
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How US sanctions relief could revitalise Venezuela
The Explainer Biden eases pressure on Maduro in exchange for 'free and fair elections' in poverty-stricken country
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Do sanctions work?
Talking Point Is all this financial punishment doing any good?
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U.S. sanctions Russia and Iran for wrongfully detaining Americans
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British American Tobacco fined for North Korea sanctions breaches
Speed Read Cigarette giant was accused of indirectly funding Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme
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How is Russia’s economy holding up?
feature Predictions of Russian economic crash following Ukraine invasion have proved wide of the mark – but Moscow faces a rocky 2023
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U.S.-backed REPO task force seized $30 billion in Russian oligarchs' yachts, other assets, since March
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The mystery of the sanction-busting plane that flew from Inverness to Moscow
In the Spotlight Jet left Scottish airport after flights were banned between UK and Russia
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Navalny group presents evidence Putin owns mysterious $700 million mega-yacht Scheherazade
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Sanctions are meant to punish Russia. Will they punish Americans, too?
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Would a Russian debt default trigger global financial crisis?
Today's Big Question Aftermath of Russia’s last default ‘looms large’
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How biting sanctions have hit Russia’s economy
Today's Big Question IMF warns Moscow faces a ‘deep recession’ amid descent of a ‘new iron curtain’
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