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92% of Russian troops assembled for invasion now in Ukraine as Russia captures largest nuclear power plant in Europe

About 92% of the armed forces that Russia assembled for its invasion of Ukraine are now in the country as Russian troops have overtaken the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday. With most of the more than 170,000 troops and weapons that Russian …

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Russian businessman places $1m bounty on Putin’s head

A Russian businessman has placed a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin’s head and urged the country’s military officers to bring the president to justice. Entrepreneur Alex Konanykhin made the promise in a post on social media site LinkedIn and called it his “moral duty” to take action and help …

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Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Putting Azerbaijan in a Bind

On Feb. 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Moscow at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin at what was a sensitive moment—just a day after Moscow officially recognized the independence of the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, and a day before Russia launched a full-scale …

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