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Meet the Russian business owners feeling the pinch from a new wartime tax policy

After four years of war, the pressure on Russia’s economy is starting to show

The Independent UK

The Russian economy is eating its own muscle to survive as Putin’s war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank advisor says

“The body is metabolizing its own muscle tissue for energy,” Prokopenko said.

Fortune

Russia fires scores of missiles at Ukraine as Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions

‘Moscow continues to invest in strikes more than diplomacy,’ says Zelenskyy, as logistics and energy facilities targeted

The Guardian - UK

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The strategy of Russia’s liberal elite is clear: make your peace with Putin. This is how they survive

As the fourth anniversary looms of Russia’s war on Ukraine, those close to the Kremlin prosper while others merely strive to escape the worst repression, say Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

The Guardian - UK

After 4 years of war by Russia in Ukraine, peace is still elusive despite a US push for a settlement

When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine surpassed 1,418 days last month, it officially exceeded a historic milestone — the same span of time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv condemns ‘blackmail’ by Hungary and Slovakia in energy supplies dispute

Ukraine foreign ministry says ultimatums should be sent to the Kremlin; one dead, 15 wounded in Lviv in ‘act of terror’: What we know on day 1,460

The Guardian - AU

As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?

Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs.

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Kremlin reportedly plans involuntary reserve call-up as Russia's battlefield losses mount

Russia appears to be having difficulty replenishing its losses in Ukraine through the existing mechanisms of troop formation. However, any sort of mobilisation will cause massive discontent among the population.

Euronews

EU countries still at odds over new Russia sanctions as deadline nears

Brussels wants to have a new package of sanctions approved by Tuesday to punish Russia coinciding with the four-year anniversary of Ukraine's full-scale invasion. Still, a full ban on maritime services is proving an obstacle.

Euronews

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dismissed them

The Guardian - UK

Telegram might be fully blocked in Russia. Question is, when will it happen?

Russian authorities are denying media reports of plans to fully block Telegram from 1 April, noting that no decisions have been made on the matter yet. For many Russians, this sounds like an indirect confirmation of further digital isolation and stricter Internet censorship.

Euronews

Soft toys and a jagged edge: how Russia is circling the Winter Olympics

Russia is back in love with the Games and a return to athletes competing under their own flag at LA in two years’ time seems highly likely

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine peace talks have been little more than a mafia-style shakedown by the US and Russia

COMMENT: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been powered by lies and backed up by the US. World affairs editor Sam Kiley meets some of Putin’s Russian-speaking victims in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky calls out Trump’s ‘unfair’ treatment of his country

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘trying to drag out’ process as Ukraine talks end without breakthrough

Latest round of US-mediated peace negotiations come to close in Geneva with war set to enter its fifth year next week

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Euronews

EU 'won't shy away' from new sanctions on Russia if G7 allies fail to reach deal

Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said a G7 deal is not an "absolute precondition" for a full ban on maritime services for Russian tankers. Brussels wants the new sanctions approved by 24 February.

Radio France Internationale

France grants asylum to anti-Kremlin couple detained in US immigration crackdown

France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple, who had been held by the country's ICE agency that is leading US President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.

Euronews

Newsletter: The EU’s balancing act on Trump’s Peace Board

Also in this newsletter: Trilateral Ukraine peace talks resume; the Indian ambassador to the EU calls for swift implementation of the EU-India trade pact; top EU military official says bloc's mutual defence should be defined for "below Article 5."

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Woman killed in latest Putin strikes after ‘tense’ US-backed talks in Geneva

Moscow pressures Kyiv further with more than 400 drones and missiles

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The Independent UK

2 years on, Navalny's death still casts a shadow over Russia and wider Europe

Mourners in Moscow have marked two years since Russian opposition leder Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison, as a new European analysis fuels murder claims

Euronews

Alexei Navalny dart frog toxin poisoning: What we know

Epibatidine, found in the Ecuadoran dart frog, causes muscle paralysis and eventual asphyxiation. Experts have said the toxin can also be produced synthetically, instead of extracting it directly from the frog itself.

Euronews

Peace talks round three: Ukraine-US-Russia Geneva meeting's key topics

As Ukraine, the US and Russia are to hold another round of talks in Geneva, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is preparing another massive strike, while the Kremlin states the territories are on the agenda in Geneva.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia to meet for third round of talks as fourth anniversary of war looms

Hopes of success remain low after Trump points finger at Zelenskyy and Moscow keeps up hardline demands

The Independent UK

Expectations are low for the latest US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine

A Ukrainian delegation is heading to Geneva for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, days before next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor

The Independent UK

Poison, a plane crash and falling from a window: How Putin’s critics and rivals have met mysterious ends

IN FOCUS: Alexei Navalny is latest in long line of Vladimir Putin’s critics who have died in recent years. James C. Reynolds, Gustaf Kilander and Alexander Butler report

Evening Standard

Russian whistleblower's death in Surrey 'must be reinvestigated', friends say in wake of Navalny frog poison assassination

Friends of Alexander Perepilichny have highlighted similarities between his sudden death and that of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

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