Russia has finally admitted Western sanctions are hitting its oil exports

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Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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Putin just gave Russia's post-KGB spy network a new job

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on February 15, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia is betting big on Cuba as it courts alternative economic partners

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People standing by a mural of Che Guevara.
Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the José Martí monument in Havana in February.

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Russia's economy appears resilient, but companies are going bankrupt by the hundreds

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Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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A Russian oligarch's megayacht seized by the US is costing taxpayers a fortune, and the government is desperate to sell

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The 106m-long and 18m-high super luxury motor yacht Amadea, one of the largest yacht in the world is seen after anchored at pier in Pasatarlasi for bunkering with 9 fuel trucks, on February 18, 2020 in Bodrum district of Mugla province in Turkey
The Amadea.

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Russia played a card that nearly doubled its energy revenues in February

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Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in Sochi, Russia, in October.

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Russia's resilience to sanctions shows it is 'costly and unattainable' to isolate a large and globally integrated economy, economist says

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Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

ALEXANDER KAZAKOV

Russia has managed to skirt many of the West's sanctions, but they still come at a cost to Putin: economist

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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China's biggest banks are finally getting scared by the West's sanctions against Russia

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Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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Chinese banks are getting cold feet dealing with Russia

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Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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