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☆ Putin doesn't even trust his own bodyguards and gives them fake travel plans, says former guard who defected
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vitaly Brizhaty, a former member of Putin's protection service, says the Russian leader "fears for his life." Putin makes multiple fake travel plans to keep even his own officers in the dark, he said. Brizhaty, who fled to Ecuador, said Putin is a war criminal and condemned the invasion of Ukraine. FSO staff are also cut off from communicating with anyone in the EU, the US, or Ukrainian relatives, as well as anyone who opposes the war, Brizhaty said. Brizhaty was reported as decrying the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying Putin is a war criminal.

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☆ A timeline of 5 major hurdles Russia's imposed on Western firms trying to exit the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Russian foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours. Some companies trying to exit Russia recently are facing demands of even steeper discounts, Reuters reported on August 25, citing three persons familiar with exit processes for foreign companies. Both firms had been trying to exit Russia for months before the seizures, before the sudden takeover. In July, Moscow targeted the Russian assets of food and beverage giants Danone and Carlsberg for seizures. A month later, in September, Russia demanded foreign banks unfreeze Russian assets if they wanted to exit the market.

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☆ Putin's biologist daughter is still getting published in science journals in the West despite the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Maria Vorontsova, Putin's daughter, is a scientist at Moscow State University. Vorontosova, Putin's eldest daughter, is a researcher at Moscow State University specialising in endocrinology, or the study of the system in the body that regulates hormones. The three articles published in MPDI publications appeared in 2022 and 2023, according to Vorontsova's university research profile. Her sister, Katerina Tikhoniva, is a dancer and also works in a senior position at Moscow State University, Reuters reported. In the wake of the Ukraine invasion, the US and other Western allies of Ukraine imposed sanctions on Putin's family.

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☆ The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is encouraging other Russians to do the same, promising they'll be taken care of for life
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter spoke publicly for the first time. The Ukrainian defense agency identified the pilot as Maksym Kuzminov, a 28-year-old former captain in Russia's 319th separate helicopter regiment. The defense intelligence on Sunday published a documentary on YouTube called "Downed Russian Pilots" that details the defection plot. The pilot said he coordinated with Ukrainian military intelligence, which was able to create the circumstances for his safe defection. "What is happening now is simply genocide of the Ukrainian people: both Ukrainian and Russian," Kuzminov said.

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CNN —A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has revealed details of the daring operation to fly across the border in his Mi8 combat helicopter, in an interview published by Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence. The pilot, named by Ukrainian officials as Maxim Kuzminov, explained in the interview how he planned his defection and why he felt compelled to do so. We would prefer (to take) them alive, but it is what it is.”Maxim Kuzminov speaking in an interview published Monday. Defence Intelligence of UkraineIn the interview released Monday, the pilot detailed how the event unfolded. In the newly published interview, the pilot also pushed back against Russian misinformation about the invasion of Ukraine.

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☆ Russia's 'General Armageddon' seen in first photo since Wagner mutiny
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows a couple appearing to be Russian General Sergei Surovikin and his wife Anna at an unknown location, in this undated photo published September 4, 2023. "General Sergei Surovikin is out. A second report, published by prominent independent Russian journalist Alexei Venediktov on his Telegram channel, said: "General Surovikin is at home with his family. Surovikin, who gained the nickname "General Armageddon" during Russia's military intervention in Syria's civil war, was briefly in charge of Moscow's war effort in Ukraine before that role was handed in January to General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff. Surovikin was widely viewed by Russian war commentators as a forceful and capable figure.

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☆ Nobel Prize foundation bars Russia from awards ceremony after 'strong reactions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Nobel Foundation on Saturday retracted its invitation to Russia, citing "strong reactions." Russia's ambassador to Sweden will no longer attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm. Russian diplomats will still be invited to the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. The invitations prompted some Swedish politicians to announce they would boycott this year's awards ceremony. However, "As before," diplomats from Russia, Iran, and Belarus will still be invited to attend a separate, parallel ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.

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installed for the upcoming regional elections planned by the Russian-installed authorities, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 12, 2023. Russia does not fully control any of the four regions where the votes are being held - Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Ukrainian officials say the elections are also illegal and show why it is impossible to hold any peace talks with Moscow until Russia withdraws all its troops from Ukrainian territory. The governors are all running with Russian President Vladimir Putin's endorsement having joined the Kremlin's United Russia bloc with fanfare in recent months and they face only nominal opposition. "They (Russian-installed officials) are going to walk from apartment to apartment, as they did before, talking to people.

Persons: Donbas, Alexander, Moscow's, Vladimir Putin's, Vadym Boichenko, Yevgeny Balitsky, Putin, Felix Light, Felix Hoske, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: REUTERS, Ukraine, United Nations, Assembly, Kremlin's United, Reuters, Kremlin, United, Thomson Locations: Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Ukraine Russia, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Crimea, Moscow, Kremlin's United Russia, Mariupol, Ukrainian, Kyiv, MOSCOW, United Russia

☆ Hundreds of Russian soldiers are going AWOL and refusing to fight as morale plummets, UK intelligence says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's conviction rate for AWOL soldiers soared to 100 a week, UK officials said. Mediazona, citing data from the websites of military courts as of July 19, reported a dramatic increase in cases of Russian soldiers absent without official leave (AWOL) since March 2023. By June, Russian military courts were handing out 100 sentences per week, the outlet said. "Although some soldiers have refused to fight and attrition rates remain high, Russia highly likely mitigates their loss by committing a mass of poorly trained soldiers to the frontline." In addition to low morale, the respected Institute for the Study of War think tank stated last week that the Russian military is suffering from infighting and shortages.

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☆ Wagner fighters are furious and vowing vengeance after their leader Prigozhin's presumed death in a plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It came after the apparent death of their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash. One said: "There's a lot of talk right now about what the Wagner Group will do in this situation. An unnamed former senior Kremlin official told The Financial Times that the plane was shot down by Russian air defense batteries. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Obviously this was an order," another unnamed source close to the Russian defense ministry told the outlet. Before Wednesday's plane crash, Prigozhin was last seen in a clip in an unspecified African country, where he said the Wagner group was conducting reconnaissance and search operations.

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CNN —Russian dissident journalist Elena Kostyuchenko has revealed how she was traveling to Berlin by train last autumn when she was abruptly taken ill, in a case that has led German authorities to investigate a suspected poisoning attempt. Kostyuchenko was living in exile at the time in the German capital after being warned of Russian plans to assassinate her. In March 2022, she said she was tipped off by a source in Ukrainian military reconnaissance about Russian plans to assassinate her. Kostyuchenko eventually fled to Germany, where she rented an apartment in Berlin and began working for Meduza on September 29. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny also fell ill on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow in 2020.

Persons: Elena Kostyuchenko, Kostyuchenko, Sebastian Büchner, ” Kostyuchenko, “, ”, Zelimkhan, Sergei Skripal, Yulia, Theresa May, Alexei Navalny Organizations: CNN, Russian, Novaya Gazeta, Meduza, UK Locations: Russian, Berlin, Munich, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Iran, Meduza, Ukrainian, Chechen, English, Salisbury, Siberian, Tomsk, Moscow

☆ Crimean Bridge attack: The moment Ukraine used an experimental drone to strike Russia's Kerch Bridge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh Victoria Butenko Florence Davey-Attlee | Nick Paton Walsh | Victoria Butenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Dnipro, Ukraine CNN —Ukrainian security services have released to CNN exclusive footage showing the moment in July when they used an experimental sea drone to attack Russia’s bridge to annexed Crimea, providing new details on the attack and warning more such assaults will follow. The attack on July 17 caused damage to the road lanes of the bridge, and, according to Russian officials, killed two civilians. A view of the Crimean Bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, the only direct link between Russia and the Crimean peninsula. Maliuk also claimed responsibility for the first Ukrainian attack on the bridge, on October 8, but declined to provide details. He said the July drone attack was the product of months of preparation.

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☆ Hundreds of Russian tourists were stranded in Turkey when their planes broke down, a likely casualty of Western sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two flights operated by Russian airline Red Wings were unable to depart from Antalya, Turkey. The Boeing 777s had technical issues, leaving hundreds of Russian tourists stranded. The flights both belonged to Russian low-cost carrier Red Wings Airlines and were due to fly from Antalya Airport in Turkey over the weekend, The Moscow Times reported. that Red Wings had taken on too many flights with just three Boeing 777s in its fleet. In May, Russia's biggest commercial airline Aeroflot asked its employees to refrain from reporting malfunctions even if they are aware of them, according to the investigative Russian outlet Proekt.

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☆ The Kremlin won't admit how many soldiers have died in Ukraine, but researchers have now identified 30,000 dead Russians by name
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers have identified more than 30,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine. More than 1,300 dead soldiers were identified in the last two weeks alone, they said. But researchers working with the BBC say they have now identified — by name — more than 30,000 dead Russian soldiers, including more than 1,300 in the last two weeks alone. More than 5,600 inmates have been identified as killed in Ukraine. At least 9,000 civilians have also been killed in Ukraine, according to the United Nations, most in areas targeted by Russian forces.

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☆ The wartime economy is making Russians hoard cold hard cash more than ever — the money in circulation reached a record $187 billion in June
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In June, the amount of cash in circulation in Russia hit a record $187 billion, per its central bank. Russians are hoarding cold, hard cash amid economic uncertainty, an economist told Novaya Gazeta. Compensation to families of dead fighters and increased demand in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions also add to the cash in circulation. In June, the amount of cash in circulation in Russia hit a record 17.9 trillion rubles, or $187 billion, data from the Russian central bank shows. To tame inflation, the Russian central bank its central bank raised interest rates by one percentage point on July 21 — double the 0.5 percentage point analysts polled by Reuters had expected.

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☆ Russia prepared for Ukraine war with university blood drives and by having surgeons practice on large animals — but they may not have been ready for the extent of the casualties
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Before invading Ukraine, Russia set up blood drives and field hospitals, The Economist reported. Ukraine's medical treatment has given them an advantage over Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Inside the field hospitals, surgeons were practicing their craft — on the bodies of large animals placed under anesthetics, the outlet reported. The Wall Street Journal also reported in July that Ukraine's medical abilities were giving them an advantage over Russia.

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☆ Russia's outdated boom defenses will prove useless if Ukraine counters with a double-drone strike, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In response, Russia has put up boom defenses to protect bridges or ships. But Ukraine can easily overcome those by launching a double-drone strike, an expert told Insider. However, the outdated defenses, which have been around since World War II, will prove useless if Ukraine decides to counter with a double-drone strike, Stephen Wright, a drone technology developer told Insider. The defenses were deployed after Ukraine unveiled a new sea drone that is designed to attack ships in Russia's Black Sea fleet. Wright told Insider that Ukraine can easily counter the boom defenses by launching a formation attack.

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☆ Drunken Wagner fighters are 'boozing to their heart's content' at train stations in Moscow instead of going home, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some Wagner fighters stationed in Belarus have been told to go on leave, Mozhem Obyasnit reported. One relative wrote online that the fighters are "boozing to their heart's content," it said. But many have not made it home and are choosing to get drunk instead, the outlet reported, citing public chat groups between the supposed relatives of Wagner fighters. Several Wagner fighters are ex-convicts who were released on the grounds they fight with the group in Ukraine. In line with an agreement struck by Prigozhin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after the rebellion, the Wagner Group leader was sent to Belarus.

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☆ 2nd high-profile Russian businessman dies in the space of 48 hours as tech tycoon found dead from 'medical gas,' report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian tech tycoon Anton Cherepennikov, 40, was found dead in his Moscow office, per local reports. A Moscow law enforcement source claimed the businessman overdosed on "medical gas." Anton Cherepennikov, 40, the founder of Russian IT company ICS Holding, was found dead on July 22, his company said, according to the Russian outlet RBC. However, a Moscow law enforcement source said that the businessman overdosed on "medical gas," according to Russian channel RTVI, The Times of London reported. Igor Kudryakov, another high-profile Russian businessman, was also found dead in his Moscow apartment on Friday, The Times reported.

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☆ The Kremlin could pass a new rule making it the first in line to acquire the shares of certain companies trying to leave the country: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Kremlin could pass a new rule allowing it priority rights to acquire shares from exiting foreign firms. This would make it harder for foreign companies to leave the Russian market. Companies in the Kremlin's list of 200 strategic enterprises include food giant Danone and Finnish energy firm Fortum, per the Moscow Times. President Vladimir Putin's regime has also been imposing an increasing number of punitive measures on companies exiting the Russian market. Moscow also charges exiting companies an exit fee of at least 10% of the sale value.

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☆ Russia's not just seeing an exodus of people — it saw a record $239 billion worth of assets being pulled out last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Huileng Tan | Joseph Wilkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia saw an record $239 billion in net capital outflows — i.e. According to Investopedia, capital outflows refer to the movement of assets out of a country. Outflows this significant are even larger than Greece's GDP of $219 billion in 2022, according to World Bank data. Last year's capital outflows were four times that of 2021 and 70% more than in 2008 amid the Global Financial Crisis, according to the analysis. Money transfers from Russia to Georgia rose fivefold, from $411 million in 2021 to $2.1 billion in 2022, according to data from Georgia's central bank.

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☆ Hundreds of thousands of people fled Russia after it invaded Ukraine — and now the countries that took them in are seeing a boost in their economies
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Scores of Russians fled their homeland following the outbreak of the Ukraine war. The growth of such countries surged in 2022 after the arrival of these Russians, per a new report. About six months later, there was another wave of departures after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilization for the Ukraine war on September 21. Armenia — once known as the Silicon Valley of the Soviet Union — saw its 2022 growth spike to 12.6%, per the World Bank. Meanwhile, Georgia's GDP jumped by 10.1% in 2022, per the World Bank, beating an 8.8% growth forecast.

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☆ Russian troops fought alongside the decomposing corpse of a comrade for weeks. Ukraine's soldiers 'genuinely shocked' at how enemy treats their dead, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The bodies of Russian soldiers are being left behind in Ukraine as Moscow denies the true death toll. Ukrainian soldiers told The Times they were "genuinely shocked" at how Russia treats their dead. And in one case, Russian troops were forced to fight alongside the decomposing corpse of their dead comrade for weeks, a Ukrainian soldier told The Times of London. The first image was of a fresh Russian corpse; the other was of an older corpse reduced to a skeleton about a hundred yards away. Ukrainian soldiers are "genuinely shocked" at how differently Russia treats their dead compared with how they treat their own, with scores of injured and dead Russian soldiers being abandoned on the battlefield, The Times reported.

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☆ Putin Warns That Ukraine Could Be Invaded and Occupied by Poland
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Friday that Poland wants to seize Western Ukraine. Russia has often deflected from its own invasion by claiming Poland has its own imperial ambitions. "Emboldened by the current circumstances, Poland has decided that the chance to absorb the remnants of Ukraine is to be taken now, or never," he wrote on Twitter. Speaking Friday, Putin — who launched the 2022 invasion with the hope of overthrowing Kyiv's government — claimed he would not "interfere" in internal Ukrainian affairs. But he accused Poland of also desiring parts of Belarus, a close Russian ally.

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☆ Putin ordered 2 Western corporate giants to be seized after Kremlin-friendly businessmen expressed an interest in them: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Putin ordered Danone and Carlsberg seized after Kremlin-friendly businessmen expressed interest, per the FT.A Chechen leader and a businessman close to Putin have taken over the companies' assets in Russia. Russia seizing the local operations of Danone and Carlsberg was not the first time the country took control of Western firms. Managers from Rosneft, a state energy company headed by Putin ally Igor Sechin, took over both energy companies. Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported on Thursday, Russian businessmen bought the assets of 110 Western companies "that have fully or partially left Russia" at bargain-bin prices. Danone said in a Sunday statement it was "preparing to take all necessary measures to protect its rights as shareholder."

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