The plot to topple Putin

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A group of people stand between two stone columns.
Ever since the invasion of Ukraine, a loose and sometimes fractious cohort of Russian exiles — many of them based in Warsaw — has come to believe that Russia can be liberated only through violence and sabotage.

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US deal freed a Russian prisoner whose crime was writing anti-war messages on supermarket price tags

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Skochilenko smiling behind two Russian guards
Alexandra Skochilenko, who was imprisoned in Russia for posting anti-war messages in a supermarket, was released on Thursday as part of a prisoner swap.

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Where Biden and Trump stand on major issues like the economy, Ukraine, and immigration

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Joe Biden (left) and Donald Trump (right).

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Russia's economic survival hinges on prolonging the Ukraine war, think tank expert says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
&quotPutin's war has already been a failure for Russia on many levels," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an opinion article for Foreign Affairs.

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Zelenskyy explains his plan to win against Putin and the future of his presidency

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked about what it will take to maintain Ukrainian independence, his soldiers’ morale, and the country’s next presidential election in an exclusive video interview with German media house Axel Springer.

Judges just unsanctioned 2 Russian oligarchs worth almost $20 billion

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Mikhail Fridman
An EU court struck down sanctions against Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman.

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Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth

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St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.
The number of Russian millionaires rose by about 56,000 last year, a new report by UBS indicated.

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Russia is sending its injured and disabled soldiers back to the front lines to fight

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A girl stands near a billboard advertising a contract service in the armed forces of the Russian Federation for participation in a special military operation. St. Petersburg, Russia.

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A high-ranking Russian general was killed by a landmine in Ukraine — one that his own military may have placed: reports

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A controlled explosion as Ukrainian forces conduct demining work in the Kharkiv region.

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Ukrainian forces blew up a dance hall where an actress was performing for Russian troops: reports

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Russian paratroopers march during the military parade at the 76th Guards Air Assault Division in Pskov, Russia, March 2020.

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