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How Russia is evading sanctions to keep $10 billion worth of seized Boeing and Airbus planes flying

Mon, 07/31/2023 - 05:16

Four Russian airliners in a maintenance hangar. — Russia has gone to great lengths to keep its fleet of seized airplanes flying, including "cannibalizing" planes and buying from the black market.
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Russia's top spy agency is worried that domestic banks don't have enough foreign currency, report says

Thu, 04/27/2023 - 12:46

Russian President Vladimir Putin — MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

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Russian sales of weapons to India are being held up by a dispute over which currency to use

Mon, 04/24/2023 - 12:44

Russian Sukhoi SU-30 SM military aircraft perform during the MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, Russia, on July 19, 2017. — Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet.
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Nobel economist Paul Krugman says Putin's plot to weaponize natural gas prices is a failure, and Russia's superpower status is a facade

Fri, 04/07/2023 - 11:35

putin — Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Eurasian Economic Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 9, 2022.
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Western sanctions have weakened the dollar's dominance as India buys Russian oil with other currencies

Wed, 03/08/2023 - 12:40

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to employees of the Almaz-Antey Corporation's Obukhov Plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. — Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia has been able to keep its most effective drone flying over Ukraine thanks to Western-made parts

Mon, 02/27/2023 - 18:07

Russia Orlan-10 drone Ukraine — A Russian Orlan-10 drone in use for reconnaissance operations in Ukraine in March 2022.
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Russia and Iran are combining their banking systems to get around being banned from SWIFT

Mon, 01/30/2023 - 11:34

putin khamenei wide thumbnail — Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured on the left while Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is pictured on the right.
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Russia's $45 billion stash of Chinese yuan is helping Moscow weather massive plunge in energy revenues

Wed, 01/25/2023 - 14:14

china president putin russia — Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

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