The Moscow-Beijing alliance is here to stay because partnering with China is the only way Putin can sustain his conflict with the West, think tank says

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Sanctions are squeezing Russia, turning up its dependence on China and 'rogue' states, think tank says

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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Russia could turn on Putin as the nation's economic strength wanes and sanctions keep tightening, economists say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forum of Future Technologies in Moscow on February 14, 2024 .

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Ships carrying Russian diesel are idling off of Brazil in the latest hold-up for Moscow's energy flows

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  • Over 3.7 million barrels of Russian diesel are sitting on ships idling in waters near Brazil, Bloomberg reports. 
  • Though reasons are unclear, it marks the latest delay in Russian energy flows amid sanctions. 
  • More Russian ships bound for Brazil are veering off course from their expected routes. 

Tankers loaded with millions of barrels of diesel are drifting along the coast of Brazil, Bloomberg reports, the latest delay in Russia's oil shipments amid the West's sanctions. 

3 ways Russia's war-time economy is set to weaken after a surprisingly strong 2023

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Russian servicemen drive T-14 Armata tanks during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020.
Russian servicemen drive T-14 Armata tanks during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020.

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The US is pressuring the biggest Western bank in Russia to cancel a $1.6 billion industrial investment

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A man walks past the logo of Raiffeisen bank seen atop a building behind a huge monument to Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the USSR, in Moscow on April 3, 2023.

Moscow's ties to Beijing are paying off as Russian firms flourish amid lucrative deals with China

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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 24, 2023.

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Russia is not winning the war because Moscow has mismanaged its own economy, professors say

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Russia is losing a huge amount of human capital as war drags on, one think-tank chair warns.

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Russia's war with Ukraine has its economy facing 'death by a thousand cuts,' economist says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin joins his hands as he holds a meeting of the Russia — Land of Opportunity platform supervisory board at the Catherine's Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow on April 20, 2022.

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Russia has managed to skirt many of the West's sanctions, but they still come at a cost to Putin: economist

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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