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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      US politics & policy
      US to withhold nuclear data from Russia in escalation of tensions

      Move comes after Moscow suspended its participation in New Start treaty

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      Also in this newsletter: a pro-Russian former premier takes over Slovakia’s election race

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: why Ukraine wants to neutralise Russia’s bases in Crimea

      Kyiv’s strikes on assets in the occupied peninsula are crucial to its counter-offensive

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      First German Leopard 2 tanks delivered to Ukraine

      Further boost for Kyiv after recent tank consignments from Poland, Spain and the UK

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Nato
      Hungary approves Finland’s Nato membership in westward pivot

      Prime Minister Viktor Orbán starts turning his back on Russia as businesses seek to diversify

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Poland’s PM confident US Republicans will not backtrack on Ukraine

      Mateusz Morawiecki says Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s comments are part of political ‘poker game’

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Russian politics
      Putin plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

      Russian president denies the move would violate Moscow’s non-proliferation obligations

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      No more ‘dangerous’ money printing to fund war, vows Ukraine central bank chief

      Andriy Pyshnyy says move had ‘created huge risks for macro-financial stability’

    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      Gold
      Traders pile into bets on gold price rally

      Options buyers see scope for further gains as banking turmoil boosts metal’s safe haven appeal

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
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      French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin bows to pressure to exit Russia

      Mulliez family-owned chain to sell operations to local management after previously saying it would remain in the country

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      James Kynge
      China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west

      Bilateral ties between Beijing and Moscow represent an intensifying axis of authoritarianism

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Brazil president to propose Ukraine ‘peace club’ on China visit

      Lula seeks diplomatic role as Latin American nations resist aligning with west over conflict

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
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      World Athletics upholds ban on Russian athletes ahead of Paris Olympics 

      Belarusian competitors also barred as part of sanctions over Ukraine war

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
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      Russian accused of evading sanctions escapes house arrest in Italy

      Artem Uss goes missing a day after an Italian court approved his extradition request to the US

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Oleg Deripaska
      Oleg Deripaska broke promises in Moscow land dispute, court told

      Lawyers claim Russian tycoon ‘deliberately’ breached legal undertakings

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Hungary
      Hungary in talks with France over role in Russian-led nuclear plant

      Shift to French technology would mark significant change of tack in Viktor Orbán’s pro-Moscow stance

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine hit by drone attacks as Russia accuses Kyiv of targeting Crimea

      Strikes on infrastructure come hours after Vladimir Putin’s endorsement of Chinese peace plan

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Russian economy
      Russia alters oil taxes to capture bigger share of trades above price cap

      Kremlin overhaul targets $8bn of additional annual revenue by reducing market ‘discount’ on crude sales

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
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      Banking crisis complicates interest rate decisions

      Xi Jinping backs Vladimir Putin on Ukraine war but holds out on Russian gas pipeline

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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      Russia arrests leading member of Nobel Prize-winning rights group

      Memorial’s Oleg Orlov charged with ‘discrediting the armed forces’

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Xi backs Putin on Ukraine but holds out on Russian gas pipeline

      Leaders of China and Russia hold centrepiece talks in Moscow

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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      Growing investor interest nurtures Prague’s ambitions

      Advances in sectors including AI gather pace as capital inflows climb

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Putin pays surprise visit to Mariupol in occupied Ukraine

      Appearance seen as apparent show of defiance after International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
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      Explosives shortage threatens EU drive to arm Ukraine

      Scarce gunpowder and TNT supplies delay shift to ‘large-scale war production’, defence industry and officials warn

    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Kyiv’s cave monasteries become flashpoint in struggle against Russia

      Zelenskyy’s government wades into battle among Orthodox churches, ordering priests and monks to vacate holy site

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