Russia's economic isolation from the West is deepening its China dependency – car imports from the Asian nation shot up 540%

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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Russia Is Censoring Its Biggest Social Network 30 Times More Since Invading Ukraine

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VKontakte (VK), Russia’s homegrown Facebook clone and its biggest social network, saw a whopping 30-fold increase in censorship requests from government officials during the eight-month period following the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to a new report.

Prigozhin turned back his rebellion because his men got 'cold feet' and that it 'wasn't what they had signed up for,' CIA chief Bill Burns says

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023.

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China is showing up big for Russia but a Cold War historian says Putin is making a 'potentially grave error' and shouldn't expect the lifeline to last

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 16, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, gestures while speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept.

Russian inflation is raging at 60%, not the reported 3.6%, thanks to the ruble's 'freefall', top economist Steve Hanke says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia on March 30, 2023.

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Putin new bodyguard incudes thousands of elite special forces, tanks and warplanes to make him 'coup-proof,' analyst says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian military, National Guard, FSB, and Interior Ministry personnel at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 27, 2023.

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Zelenskyy says the Kerch Bridge 'feeds the war' and that Russia's link to Crimea must be 'neutralized'

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A view shows a fire on the Kerch bridge at sunrise in the Kerch Strait, Crimea.

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The 'taboo' of criticizing Putin has been 'significantly weakened,' which is why an influential pro-war blogger trashed him, UK intel says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through a helicopter window in Russia on July 20, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through a helicopter window in Russia on July 20, 2023.

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Putin is again warning that Ukraine could be invaded and occupied by Poland

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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Vladimir Putin's latest economic assault on the West is fueling fears of a global food crisis

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech in Moscow.

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