Russia offered to end its invasion of Ukraine if it dumped plans to join NATO, but Kyiv feared a double-cross, says negotiator

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy & Vladimir Putin.

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The ruble is gaining and is the world's best performing currency versus the dollar in recent weeks amid rate hikes and energy costs

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Russia's ruble has gained 4% this month.

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Putin's war with Ukraine has basically killed off one of Russia's most successful tech companies

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Yandex NV is reportedly planning to sell off most of its Russian business. 

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Retail investors in Russia are powering an IPO hot streak that's drawing vodka makers and pawnshops to go public

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Russian stocks have surged 49% this year, notching their highest level since the nation first invaded Ukraine last year.

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How the Putin family's 'blood sacrifice' may be driving the high Russian casualty rate in Ukraine

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The coffins of Russian troops displayed in the occupied Ukrainian city of Luhansk.

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The Kremlin plans to raffle off houses and holidays to shore up support for Putin ahead of an election: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and a stock image of raffle tickets.

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Biden Compares Hamas To Putin As He Urges US Aid For Israel

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In a primetime speech, President Joe Biden compared the Ukraine war to the war between Hamas and Israel, as he urged Congress to support an upcoming aid package.

Russia's economy is headed into the 'snare of perpetual war' as the Kremlin plans record-high military spending for 2024, think tank says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov on July 30, 2023.

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The Israel-Hamas war is exposing the new limits and challenges to US power

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US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 20, 2023.

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China's economic partnership with Russia is so lopsided that Putin needs the help of the US — but he'd never admit that, think tank says

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front, R), Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, L), his wife Peng Liyuan (2nd row, L), and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd row, R), arrive for a gala show to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, Sept. 3, 2015.

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