Next year could be even tougher than this last for Ukraine, forcing it to fight irregularly to hold on

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A BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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A risqué party filled with semi-naked celebrities in Moscow has angered Russians who say it violated anti-LGBT laws

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The Wednesday party took place in Moscow.

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Ukraine is legalizing medicinal marijuana to treat stress and cancer among war survivors

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Employees separate flowers of cannabis from the stems, and the Ukrainian parliament votes on the legalization of medicinal cannabis.
The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted in a bill that legalizes medicinal cannabis.

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Russia's central bank boss has issued a warning that the country's wartime economy is at risk of overheating

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina.

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China, Russia boast that trade is at an "all-time high" despite Western sanctions

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met in Beijing, signaling a stronger alliance between the two countries.

Russian wives accuse the country's security service of forcing their husbands to lie about war conditions, calling Putin a 'coward' and 'our rat king,' report says

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Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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Russia's latest headache is a housing bubble

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Xi Jinping and Russia's PM took a victory lap over the US's failure to economically isolate Russia since its invasion of Ukraine

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This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands prior to their meeting in Beijing on December 20, 2023.

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Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth

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St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.
The number of Russian millionaires rose by about 56,000 last year, a new report by UBS indicated.

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A former CIA analyst says Putin could launch a nuclear weapon against NATO territory

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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