Russia
The Kremlin, the war, power balances, and the fractures rising to the surface.
REPORT: On the Road of Debt: The Russian Regions Paying the Price for Putin's War
In Moscow, restaurants are packed, shop windows glow, and official statements speak of a «special military operation» proceeding «according to plan». Thousands of kilometers away, in the regions of Siberia, the Urals, the Caucasus, the reality is radically different. Local communities going into debt to fund compensation payments to the families of killed soldiers. Regional hos
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