The Iranian armada of 'ghost' ships carrying Russian oil is growing, evading the intensifying Western sanctions on Moscow crude

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Oil and gas tankers are anchored off the Marseille harbour, southeastern France, October 27, 2010.

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Russia spent the last year upgrading thousands of Soviet-era bomb shelters, report says, in a sign Putin fears an attack on his home soil

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People walk along a passageway in an underground shelter in Moscow, Russia, in June 2007.
People walk along a passageway in an underground shelter in Moscow, Russia, in June 2007.

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Russia's oil and gas revenue crashed by nearly 50% at the start of 2023, leading to a wider budget deficit as Moscow's spending soars

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and CEO of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom Alexei Miller attend a ceremony to mark the launch of the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok natural gas pipeline, September 8, 2011 in Vladivostok, Russia.
Vladimir Putin

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A Russian officer who brandished the skull of a Ukrainian soldier at a heavy metal concert was shot in an 'execution-style' hit: report

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A view of a damaged building in the Luhansk region
A view of a damaged building in the Luhansk region.

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'Ultra-patriots' may try to overthrow Putin because of his army's failures in Ukraine, says Russian MP

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on February 2, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Volgograd on February 2, 2023.

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Losses in Ukraine are 'out of proportion' to what NATO has been planning for, the alliance's top general says

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U.S. troops on a NATO mission in Orzysz, Poland in April 2017.

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Putin promised he would not to kill Zelenskyy, according to former Israeli prime minster who secretly met with the Russian leader

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22, 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22, 2021.

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A Swedish-made fighter jet could tip the scales against Russia in Ukraine, but it might not get there any time soon

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Swedish JAS 39 Gripen E over Gotland in the Baltic
A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen E over the Baltic Sea in May 2022.

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US aid to Ukraine could be the next victim of Kevin McCarthy's pact with far-right Republicans

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A composite image of Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy.
Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy.

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CIA chief says Ukraine needs to puncture 'Putin's hubris' in the next 6 months

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Vladimir Putin smiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014.

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