Several of Putin's homes have been connected to railway lines with secret stations built nearby for his armored train: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a suburban train in Moscow, Russia, in November 2019.

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Pro-Kremlin propagandist loses it on live TV after his son's patriotism was called into question for not fighting in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and television and radio host Vladimir Solovyov at an awards ceremony in Moscow, Russia, in December 2013.
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Vladimir Solovyov (r) at an awards ceremony in Moscow, Russia, December 2013.

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Wall Street luminaries say it's time to get out of the stock market before the Fed crushes the economy

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Happy hump day, readers. I'm senior reporter Phil Rosen, writing to you from Manhattan. 

Today we're going over why some of the most astute voices on Wall Street are advising a shift from stocks to bonds — and what we learned yesterday helps explain why. 

Europe is now stuck with a huge stockpile of natural gas after hoarding it last year for a brutal winter that never came

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Europe is now looking at its highest natural-gas stockpiles in years.

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Putin's new recruits filling gaps in a decimated Russian unit keep bunching up into a 'pile of people' in battle, making them easy targets, Ukrainian troops say

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Members of a Ukrainian artillery unit prepare to fire an M109 self propelled artillery unit at Russian mortar positions around Vuhledar from a frontline position on December 19, 2022 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine.

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Russia could regain its spot as the world's premier oil exporter despite sanctions, Bank of America says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) looks on Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) during a military parade in Pskov, Russia, on March,1, 2020.

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Top US general says Russia has already 'lost' the Ukraine war and has paid an 'enormous price on the battlefield'

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Gen. Mark Milley during a press conference at NATO HQ on February 14, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.

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Putin's war on Ukraine sent Russians scrambling to buy gold and stash their savings, fueling a fivefold surge in demand

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Gold coins

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Russia has spent 9 months bleeding troops to try to capture a city with limited strategic value, experts say

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Ukrainian servicemen exit an armoured personnel carrier, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 9, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen exit an armored personnel carrier in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 9, 2023.

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Ex-Gazprom official says decades of the Russian gas giant's work has been 'flushed down the toilet', with export revenues expected to halve this year

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State-owned energy company Gazprom has slashed the supply of natural gas to Europe.

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