Russia is becoming increasingly dependent on Chinese banks as its yuan borrowings more than quadruple

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.

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Ukraine has a new weapon in its fight against Russia — 100 Cold War-era German tanks designed by Porsche

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Ukraine has been gifted a number of Leopard 1A5 tanks by Germany.

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Russia says it will not let foreign banks exit the market easily — unless they unfreeze Russian assets

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Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Russia to recruit foreigners in neighboring countries to beef up its army depleted by 300,000 war casualties, says the UK Defense Ministry

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Russian recruits take a bus near a military recruitment center in Krasnodar, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

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Ukraine's military shared video of the moment it says one of its aerial drones sank a Russian naval vessel

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Ukraine claimed the attack destroyed a Russian KS-701 patrol boat, killing six "occupiers."

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Russia's massive brain drain is ravaging the economy - these stunning figures show why it will soon be smaller than Indonesia's

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Ukraine could have modified its anti-ship missiles into a long-range weapon to wreak havoc against Russian targets on land, report says

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Neptune R-360 missile, Kyiv 2021.
Neptune R-360 missile, Kyiv 2021.

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Russia will run out of all its best soldiers, says top Ukraine general

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Ukrainian service members climb a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrainian service members are seen with a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle in Zaporizhzhia region.

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

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Russian right wing blogger, Roman Antonovsky
Russian blogger Roman Antonovsky.

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One of Russia's richest oligarchs who now lives in Dubai says Putin's invasion of Ukraine made him a 'pariah'

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Andrey Melnichenko.

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