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The European Union on Friday indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.

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EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their use for Ukraine

The European Union has indefinitely frozen Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, ...

You'll be shocked to learn that another petty rivalry has struck Russia’s opposition in exile. Garry Kasparov has reportedly accused Vladimir Kara-Murza of using a treason sentence as a "PR stunt." Kara-Murza served 2+ years of a 25-year sentence before he was prisoner-swapped last year. In response to Kasparov, Kara-Murza is now leaving an antiwar committee where the two were members.

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Оппозиционный политик Владимир Кара-Мурза вышел из Антивоенного комитета Влад�...

For today's newsletter, I look at a recent Mediazona investigation into the Russian soldiers who kill their own compatriots when home for R&R or stationed near the border. Some really brutal shit here. Especially disgusting: courts treat victims’ criticism of the war as a mitigating factor.

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Russia's Central Bank is filing a lawsuit in Moscow's Arbitration Court against Euroclear, seeking compensation for losses incurred due to Euroclear's "unlawful actions" and "in light" of the European Commission's deliberations on the "reparations loan" seizure.

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the donald's patience is running thin, folks

UK banks have pushed back against plans to use about £8bn in frozen Russian assets they hold, warning that the British government has not offered to indemnify them against potential retaliation by Moscow. "Significant legal risk if the assets were used to backstop zero-interest loans to Ukraine."

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