Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska slams his country's 'primitive' financial system, says it is 'bondage and usury based on state banks'

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Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska criticised the Russian financial system.

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Canada seized a massive Russian cargo jet after last year's invasion. Ukraine says it's going to repossess it.

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Volga Dnepr Airlines Antonov An-124, one of the largest production cargo planes in the world was grounded at Pearson International Airport in late February after Russia invaded Ukraine in Mississauga. May 24, 2022.

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China will become the global economy's biggest growth driver in the next 5 years, doubling the US contribution, IMF says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Wagner is 'desperate for manpower' and trying to poach regular Russian soldiers while feuding with their commanders, experts say

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Cadets of a military academy attend the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the private Russian military company Wagner Group, killed during the military conflict in Ukraine, in the Alley of Heroes at a cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 24, 202
Cadets of a military academy attend the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a mercenary for the private Russian military company Wagner Group, killed in Ukraine, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Decembe

Ukraine says it keeps finding Chinese-made parts in Russian weapons, undermining its claim not to be helping Putin fight

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

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Sanctions against Russia could hurt the US dollar as countries like Iran and China seek alternative currencies for trade: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Sanctions against Russia could hurt the US dollar as countries like Iran and China seek alternative currencies for trade: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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One of the most prolific pro-Russia propaganda channels is run by a former US Navy officer living in Washington

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US NAVY sailors lining up on the USS Carl Vinson

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Imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter pokes fun at mom's cooking, saying it 'prepared' him for Russian prison food

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The Independent Association of Publishers' Employees and Wall Street Journal journalists rally in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2023, calling for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held in Russia since March 29.
The Independent Association of Publishers' Employees and Wall Street Journal journalists in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2023, called for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who h

Ukraine's fighter jet fleet is slowly growing, but its weapons to bring down Russian jets are dwindling, leaked US document shows

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Polish MIG-29 fighter jets during a NATO shielding exercise over Poland in October 2022.

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Wagner Group leader says a Ukrainian counter-offensive would likely succeed as Russia is in 'crisis,' report says

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Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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