There are 5 things the West could do to put even more pressure on Russia's struggling economy, think tank says

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Russia's economy has been buffered by attempts to evade West's economic sanctions, according to researchers from a US-based think tank.

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18 months after Putin invaded Ukraine, Russia's sanctioned oligarchs are still rich and even less likely to stand up to him

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Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Andrei Melnichenko, Roman Abramovich, Vladimir Potanin.

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A 91-year-old Ukrainian woman who fled Russians twice in her lifetime cursed 'Putin's bastards' for ruining her final years

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A Ukrainian serviceman helps evacuees gathered under a destroyed bridge, as they flee the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022.

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North Korea launches 'nuclear attack submarine' ahead of talks with Putin

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Kim Jong Un announced his plans to prioritize nuclear weapons at the launch of North Korea's "tactical nuclear attack submarine."

Pro-Putin bloggers are posting propaganda videos from the Ukrainian frontlines — and say they're making big money

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Russian blogger Roman Antonovsky.

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Putin is planning another trip to China, report says, a further sign of his dependence on Xi Jinping

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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The Kremlin is trying to stop any under-50s running against Putin for president to avoid drawing attention to his age, report says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg on December 15, 2018.

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Ukrainian advisor says Prigozhin's death in a plane crash is a warning that there's no negotiating with Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in July 2023.

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Former Kremlin official blames the ruble's crash on Russia's stockpile of rupees that's stranded in India

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A man counts Indian rupee banknotes in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A man counts Indian rupee banknotes in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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EU officials say sanctions against Russia have had 'hard tangible effects,' and that the country's future is bleak

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