How Russia is evading sanctions to keep $10 billion worth of seized Boeing and Airbus planes flying

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Four Russian airliners in a maintenance hangar.
Russia has gone to great lengths to keep its fleet of seized airplanes flying, including "cannibalizing" planes and buying from the black market.

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A sanctioned Russian billionaire says the UK searched his multimillion-dollar London home illegally using allegations from a 15-year-old report

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Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman is challenging the UK police's raids on his home.

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Even a Russian-cofounded bank can't fund new projects in the country — and it shows just how financially isolated the country is

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (L) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival to the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, on July 15, 2014. Leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging powers gathered in Brazil on Tuesday to launch a new development bank and a reserve fund seen as counterweights to Western-led financial institutions.

Ukraine's NATO membership would be bad for Putin, but great for the Russian economy, professor says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia's economy is being propped up by Wagner Group's gold-smuggling operations, UK government report says

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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The Kremlin could pass a new rule that could make it harder for foreign companies to exit Russia: report

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President Vladimir Putin's administration has been making it harder to exit the Russian market.

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A sanctions loophole is allowing China to quietly send millions of dollars worth of military gear to Russia

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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Russia's not just seeing an exodus of people — it saw a record $239 billion worth of assets being pulled out last year

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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A Russian oligarch who slammed Putin's invasion of Ukraine got taken off UK's sanctions list after he got Richard Branson to back him

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The UK lifted its sanctions against Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov, who has been a vocal critic of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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The White House warns Russia could attack civilian ships in the Black Sea now that a key deal is dead

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TQ Samsun last grain ship is off the Black Sea. on July 17, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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