Russia minted 22 new billionaires last year, even as the West slapped sanctions on the country to try to cripple it financially

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Russian billionaires and businessmen Andrei Melnichenko (L) and Alexei Mordashov attend the congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on March 16, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.
Russian billionaires and businessmen Andrei Melnichenko (left) and Alexei Mordashov saw gains in their wealth in the last year.

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Vladimir Putin is planning the best way to attack the UK by sending spy ships to map infrastructure on the British coast, British MP says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on April 19, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on April 19, 2023.

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Russia is telling its guys to be 'a real man' and sign up as contract soldiers — as its death toll in Ukraine reaches up to 60,000

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Russian Foreign Ministry building is seen behind a social advertisement billboard showing Z letters .
Russian Foreign Ministry building is seen behind a social advertisement billboard showing Z letters .

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A Russian warplane bombed one of Russia's own border cities, adding to the country's stack of embarrassing wartime blunders

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The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.

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The F-35 is becoming the most popular fighter jet among NATO militaries — with one 'baffling' exception

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Turkey takes delivery of first F-35
Turkey takes delivery of its first F-35 at a ceremony in Texas in June 2018.

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The Pentagon leaks: What documents leaked in the US military's worst intelligence breach in a decade reveal

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Jack Teixeira, 21, has been charged in connection with the leak of secret Pentagon documents.

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Russia is arresting police officers and overhauling its security forces after data leaks to Ukraine, say reports

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People walk past a police car in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023.
People walk past a police car in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023.

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A 1960s-era cannon is 'kicking ass' against Russia's drones, but the country that makes ammo for it won't send more to Ukraine

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Romanian army Gepard anti-aircraft tanks
Romanian Gepard anti-aircraft tanks during a live-fire drill in Poland in November 2021.

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Ukrainian woman said her Russian captors mocked her execution and forced her to dig her own grave

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A Ukrainian serviceman stands in a basement which, according to Ukrainian authorities, was used as a torture cell during the Russian occupation, in the retaken village of Kozacha Lopan, Ukraine, Sept. 17, 2022.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands in a basement which, according to Ukrainian authorities, was used as a torture cell during the Russian occupation, in the retaken village of Kozacha Lopan, Ukraine, Sept.

Germany looks to cut its reliance on China with a new $2.2 billion commodities fund

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Nord Stream 1 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) stands next to Christian Bruch, President and CEO of Siemens Energy, in front of a turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as Scholz gives a statement during a visit on August 3, 2022 at the plant of Siemens Energy in Muelheim an der Ruhr, western Germany.

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