A rift is growing between Xi and Putin after Russia mocked a Ukraine peace plan backed by China

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's leader Xi Jinping deliver a joint statement following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow in March.

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Russia seizes assets at European state-owned energy firms in retaliation against 'unfriendly countries'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone as part of a nationwide charity campaign, in Moscow on January 3, 2023.

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Russia's economy is hurting - and a new wave of EU sanctions aimed at crippling its 'war machine' are coming. Here are 6 key developments in the past week.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia on March 30, 2023.
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Russia's economy is becoming more 'primitive' and war could push it to the same fate as the Soviet Union, says economist targeted by Moscow

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Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a suburban train in Moscow, Russia, in November 2019.

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Georgia's former president says he's dying in prison because of Putin, and calls on the US to save his life

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Georgia's jailed opposition leader and ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili arrives in the defendant's box for an hearing at the city court of Tbilisi on November 29, 2021.

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NATO ally Hungary throws Putin a lifeline, saying it won't arrest him despite ICC warrant tied to Ukraine war

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September,18, 2018.

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Indian buyers for Russia's oil are drowning in price-cap paperwork and that could hit Moscow's sales, report says

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Russia's oil exports to India are running into paperwork holdups.

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Russia will slash oil exports 25% to try and push up crude prices for the west, report says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 15, 2018.

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Extras recruited for a Putin rally featuring patriotic rap remixes were offered just $7 to come stand in the freezing cold

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the rally at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on February 22, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the rally at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on February 22, 2023.

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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.
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