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Alexei Kudrin is a former finance minister who was sacked by then-president Dmitry Medvedev for insubordination in 2011

Putin ally joins tech giant Yandex

A long-time ally of President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Kudrin, said Monday he will be joining Yandex as the Kremlin seeks to tighten its grip on Russia's top technology giant.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chose to skip this week's G20 meeting in Bali

Why Putin is staying away from G20

The G20 gathering will inevitably be overshadowed by Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, which has shocked global energy markets and aggravated food shortages.
Ukrainian soldiers prepare an automatic grenade launcher on the front line near Toretsk in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022

Intense fighting flares in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces was taking place around two towns in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Bakhmut and Soledar, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday.