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Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Putin rides a train
Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a suburban train in Moscow, Russia, in November 2019.
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A woman takes pictures with a smartphone standing on the pedestrian Patriarchal Bridge over the Moskva river, with the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow on March 21, 2023, ahead of a meeting of Russian President and his Chinese counterpart.
A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut.
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Russia currency sanctions economy
Russia's economy has been hit hard by sanctions, which are complicating the government's efforts to pay its debts.
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The yacht
Dozens of superyachts have been seized by US and European authorities since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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A Russian armored personnel carrier is driven on a street in Sevastopol, Ukraine’s Black Sea Port that hosts a major Russian navy base Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Tensions were building up in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced fugitive Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Vladimir Putin smiles.
According to Russia's federal statistics service, the country's GDP contracted by 2.1% in 2022, better than previous estimates.