Vladimir Putin
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Was Ben Wallace snubbed for top Nato job?
Today's Big Question EU chiefs and Joe Biden blamed as UK defence secretary gives up on becoming alliance’s next secretary-general
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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The Ukraine counter-offensive and its likely outcomes
feature Make-or-break moment in the war sees frontline reports ranging from ‘upbeat to gloomy’
By The Week Staff Published
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Has Saudi Arabia lost control of oil prices?
Today's Big Question Kingdom goes it alone to cut production, risking tension with US and reigniting cooling inflation in Europe
By The Week Staff Published
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, ‘Spymania’ and Putin’s crackdown on dissent
feature Kremlin has been steadily broadening and intensifying its hunt for internal enemies
By Arion McNicoll Published
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Ukraine counter-offensive: do attacks inside Russia jeopardise West’s support?
Today's Big Question Raids help ‘destabilise’ Putin’s regime but risk undermining Kyiv’s claim it is acting purely defensively
By The Week Staff Published
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Dmitry Medvedev: Putin’s new ‘attack dog’
In the Spotlight The former Russian president’s rhetoric is becoming increasingly aggressive
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet, The Week UK Published
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Cradle to Kremlin: how Putin’s childhood casts a shadow
Under the Radar From rats to riches, the Russian president’s extraordinary rise to power may explain his actions in Ukraine
By Felicity Capon Published
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Russia claims Ukraine drone attack on Moscow
Speed Read War ‘comes to Putin’s doorstep’ as capital wakes to explosions
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Cost of living: will fall in energy price cap make a difference?
In Depth Limit on what providers can charge falls but consumers are warned they will see ‘little relief’
By Rebekah Evans Published
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Russia moves tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus blaming ‘Nato aggression’
Speed Read Move has been met with widespread condemnation from the West
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Battle of Bakhmut: a ‘pyrrhic victory’ for Russia?
Talking Point Victory for Russian forces in Ukrainian ‘meatgrinder’ more symbolic than strategic
By The Week Staff Published
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Russia’s scaled-back Victory Day parade
In Pictures Annual commemoration of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in WWII is unusually subdued affair
By Harriet Marsden Published
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UK to send long-range missiles to Ukraine
Speed Read Britain leading the way in ramping up Western assistance that could ‘change the course of the war’
By The Week Staff Published
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Wagner boss to pull troops from Bakhmut over ammunition row
Speed Read Yevgeny Prigozhin pointed at dozens of his fighters’ corpses in an ‘obscenity-strewn tirade’
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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