Acquisition spree has driven up prices of older vessels as Moscow prepares for tighter trade restrictions
Heller Tools exported machinery to entities linked to a covert FSB smuggling network
Conviction of Wall Street Journal journalist seen as potential prelude to prisoner swap
Western officials believe the strategy is proving effective in undermining Moscow’s ability to export crude
The demand to ban a satirical novel underlines the shrinking space for free expression under Putin
Allies anxious that an ‘America first’ administration would sever support for Ukraine
Arkady Volozh tells the FT he will launch artificial intelligence venture Nebius mostly staffed by former Yandex employees
Poor regions such as Chuvashia experience a boom as Soviet factories are fired up again for the military
Rheinmetall chief Armin Papperger says German government providing ‘great level of security’
Case is first under revised anti-espionage laws that carry maximum of 15 years’ imprisonment
Hungarian PM’s freelance diplomacy sparked condemnation from European and Nato allies
Publication’s founder vows the independent news provider will continue with ‘quality journalism’
Kremlin has turned to microprocessors and other technology not intended for military use to skirt sanctions
Yulia Navalnaya faces ‘extremism’ charges if she returns to Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls Indian PM’s trip to Russia a ‘devastating blow to peace efforts’
A visual guide to the war
Chair Mervyn Davies urges governments to review policies that are limiting investment group’s ability to do business
At least 33 killed and more than 140 injured in strikes across Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is seeking reckless new ways to impose costs on the US and its allies
Hungarian PM says positions of Moscow and Kyiv remain ‘very far from one another’
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Pullout highlights challenge facing Kyiv as Russian offensive intensifies and US military aid has been slow to arrive
Free press seemed doomed after Putin invaded Ukraine but journalists in exile refuse to despair
Gemcorp’s past activities in Africa appear aligned with the Kremlin’s strategic priorities. Now it has senior Conservatives on the payroll
Italian bank, one of several regional lenders told to speed up exits, says it is seeking clarification