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        <title><![CDATA[Anthony Halpin - Team Leader:Russia ECO/GOV]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Holds Victory Day Parade After Trump Brokers Ukraine Truce]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-09/putin-to-hold-victory-day-parade-after-truce-called-with-ukraine</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 06:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia’s Budget Gap Widens to Record Despite Oil Revenue Boost]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/russia-s-budget-gap-widens-to-record-despite-oil-revenue-boost</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 12:55:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Boosts Rainy-Day Fund for First Time in Almost a Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 10:08:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cash Is Back in Russia as Internet Blackouts Hit Payments]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Drones Now Strike 1,000 Miles Inside Russia]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A New Contest for Global Influence Is Emerging in the Caucasus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Armenia is hosting twin summits as the region comes increasingly in geopolitical focus.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-04/china-to-russia-us-and-eu-chase-trade-mineral-stakes-in-caucasus</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Halpin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>European leaders attend the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 4. Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Drone Hits Upscale Moscow Tower as City Readies for WWII Parade]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 05:45:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Debris dangles from a damaged apartment building after a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow on May 4. Source: AP Photo</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Says Russia’s Primorsk Oil Export Port Damaged in Attack]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-03/fire-put-out-at-russia-s-primorsk-port-from-drone-governor-says</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 07:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Port City Fights Fire After Fourth Strike in Weeks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 03:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Smoke rises above buildings following a drone attack on the Tuapse oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia on April 29.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Presses Putin on Ukraine, Rebuffs Iran Nuclear Offer]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/putin-and-trump-discussed-iran-ukraine-in-call-kremlin-says</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:18:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin’s WWII Parade Cuts Tanks and Missiles For Use in Ukraine War]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/russia-cuts-tanks-missiles-from-putin-s-wwii-victory-parade-in-first-since-2007</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:59:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Russian tank on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia and Ukraine Exchange 193 Prisoners Each in Latest Swap]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Set to Cut Key Rate Amid Economic Woes and Iran-War Risks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Weighs Windfall Levy on Miners and Banks for War Budget]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:13:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Norilsk Nickel is Russia&apos;s largets producer of copper which is trading near record highs. Source: Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin’s Oil Windfall Won’t Revive His Slowing Wartime Economy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kremlin Loyalist Who Turned on Putin Returns With More Criticism]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/kremlin-loyalist-who-turned-on-putin-returns-with-more-criticism</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:02:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Says It Hit Three Russian Warships in Crimea With Drones]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-18/ukraine-says-it-hit-three-russian-warships-in-crimea-with-drones</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:43:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blaze Quelled at Russian Baltic Port After Ukrainian Strike]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:06:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kremlin’s War Leaves Russia With Some of World’s Costliest Money]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:57:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A woman walks past a poster promoting contract army service in western Moscow on April 9, 2025. China&apos;s foreign ministry on April 9, 2025 urged its citizens to avoid conflict zones and participating in wars, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Demands Officials Explain Why Russian Economy Is Slowing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:26:19 GMT</pubDate>
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