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Zelensky will discuss the grain deal with Turkey’s president, with a NATO bid in mind, too.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is wrapping up an intense week of diplomacy with a visit to Istanbul on Friday…
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World
Prigozhin Is Said to Be in Russia, as Wagner Mystery Deepens
After the mercenary boss staged a brief insurrection in Russia, the leader of Belarus said his country had taken him…
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World
The ruble hits early war lows, extending a slide that began after Prigozhin’s mutiny.
The Russian ruble slid to lows unseen since the weeks after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, amid fallout from…
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News
The Xi-Putin Bromance Has Already Peaked
When Xi Jinping ascended to the pinnacle of Chinese power a decade ago, he saw Vladimir Putin as a strong…
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World
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida
A failed plot to assassinate a C.I.A. spy in 2020 in part led to expulsions of the agency’s chief in…
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World
Allies of Russia’s Navalny get years in prison as part of a widening crackdown on dissent.
Two allies of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny, were sentenced to years in prison on Wednesday, in…
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World
Allies of Russia’s Navalny get years in prison as part of a widening crackdown on dissent.
Two allies of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Aleksei A. Navalny, were sentenced to years in prison on Wednesday, in…
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Business
Russia and Saudi Arabia’s Oil Partnership Shows Strain
Analysts said the countries’ mutual need to keep energy prices high would help them maintain close ties, despite signs that…
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News
An Endgame for Ukraine
It may be that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive, which could be in its early stages, will be as fruitless as Russia’s…
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World
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group forecasts disaster if Russia does not move into total war footing.
As Russia vowed to respond “extremely harshly” to a rare, two-day border incursion by pro-Ukrainian fighters, the leader of Russia’s…