Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York…
Western analysts say Washington and London should not worry too much about the Russian leader’s latest line in the sand.
The decision is seen as evening the score after North Korea and Iran supply the Kremlin with ballistic missiles and rockets.
Summer bombing campaign that has hit 21 Russian oil refineries and major depots over the last three months triggers a ban on gasoline exports.
Early sources of cannon fodder are running dry as prison colonies in southern Russia close their doors — too many inmates signed up for what turned out to be one-way tickets to the front.
‘The most important thing,’ says one hard-line Russian nationalist, ‘is for everyone to shut up.’
‘Faced with a choice between conquering Ukraine or defending Russia,’ an editor says, ‘it is becoming increasingly obvious that Putin cannot do both.’
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