RIP, reparations loan. "European leaders failed to reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets to send billions of euros in financial aid to Ukraine after 14 hours of discussions. Leaders will now consider a solution based on joint borrowing to send €90 billion to Ukraine over two years."

EU’s deal on Ukraine comes despite turn away from using frozen Russian assets – POLITICO

Useful explainer of the legal rationale that underpinned the controversial civil court rulings in favor of singer Larisa Dolina, and the Supreme Court's ultimate decision to lay down the smack.

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2025’s biggest verdict How Russia’s Supreme Court redrew the legal lines in a hotly disputed Moscow apartment sale — Meduza

In late 2025, accelerating peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine dominated Russia’s news cycle, but a domestic scandal competed for at...