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Putin Briefs Leaders of China and India on Talks With U.S. on Ukraine

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may be seeking to build support among countries that have backed Moscow or remained neutral in the conflict.

© Pool photo by Kristina Kormilitsyna

President Vladimir Putin of Russia meeting with Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser, in Moscow on Friday, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions?

The Russian economy was slowing even before President Trump’s latest threats. But the Kremlin has enough money to keep fighting in Ukraine.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

An open-air museum in Red Square commemorating the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Amid budgetary strains, the Kremlin has protected military spending as the war in Ukraine goes on.
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Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72

He earned a media fortune in the freewheeling but chaotic Russia of the 1990s and defended press freedoms after the industry became beleaguered and unprofitable.

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Derk Sauer in the Netherlands last year. After Russia invaded Ukraine, he became a champion of Russian journalists who had fled to escape repression.
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Russia Again Cuts Interest Rates as Its Economy Slows

Falling inflation has persuaded the central bank in Moscow to continue relaxing the country’s record borrowing costs.

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An upsurge in wartime spending since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sharply increased the country’s inflation rate.
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Russia and Ukraine Met Again. Here’s Where the Peace Talks Stand

The warring sides remain far apart after the third round of U.S.-brokered peace negotiations on Wednesday. But there was progress on humanitarian issues.

© Murad Sezer/Reuters

Members of the Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul on Wednesday for the third round of peace talks.
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Russia and Ukraine to Renew Talks, but Peace Remains Elusive

Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold another round of negotiations on Wednesday in Istanbul, but the two warring countries have flatly rejected each other’s demands.

© Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in May.
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