Russian oligarchs' superyachts have avoided the US west coast and the Mediterranean since Russia invaded Ukraine, heat maps show

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Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine, next to a picture of Roman Abramovich's superyacht Solaris.
Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Russian lawmaker who hung noodles on his ears to mock Putin's speech might face punishment

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Mikhail Abdalkin shared a video of himself watching Vladimir Putin's speech with noodles hanging off his ears.
Mikhail Abdalkin shared a video of himself watching Vladimir Putin's speech with noodles hanging off his ears.

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How Ukraine's 'lifeline' railway runs even as Russia bombs it, according to a man fighting to keep the trains on time

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Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.

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The Russia-Ukraine war will continue into 2024 and any definitive outcome has risks, a veteran investment chief and former Moscow-based journalist says

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DoJ moves to seize 6 luxury properties in New York, the Hamptons, and Florida worth $75 million from sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg

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Image of Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg (front) and Park Avenue, where he owns a property.
Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg owns a property on Park Avenue in New York, per the DoJ.

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How a 34-year-old Ukrainian founder created scrappy business opportunities amid the chaos of war

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Alina Kachorovska is the founder and CEO of her eponymous footwear brand.

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A veteran investment chief and former Moscow reporter says markets are pricing in at least another year of Russia's war in Ukraine

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Two Ukrainian men visit the grave of a Ukrainian soldier at the cemetery of fallen soldiers in Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 20, 2023

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How US-supplied shells crammed with anti-tank mines helped defeat a brigade of Russian marines in the battle for Vuhledar

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This photograph taken on September 11, 2022, shows a Ukranian soldier standing atop an abandoned Russian tank near a village on the outskirts of Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russian diplomats received an anniversary wake-up call of wailing air raid sirens and the sound of falling bombs

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Hamburg: Participants of a demonstration against the war in Ukraine hold a poster with the inscription
Hamburg: Participants of a demonstration against the war in Ukraine hold a poster with the inscription "24.02.22. 365 days of Russian terror in Ukraine".

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Russians hung out with US Army soldiers at a weapons expo and played with the missiles killing Putin's tanks in Ukraine

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Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado.
Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 202
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