European countries, with scores of Patriots sitting idle, rebuff Kyiv’s calls for more air defence supplies as Russia bombards Ukraine’s power infrastructure

ft.com/content/55934e… via @ft Christopher Miller Guy Chazan

Beyond excited to get my hands on Илья Барабанов’s Our Business is Death, the definitive account of Wagner PMC’s rise and fall. You can buy it here: magaz.meduza.io

This Evgeny Prigozhin guy sure sounds like a real character. Can’t wait to find out what happened to him!

The US has proposed raising tens of billions of euros in debt for Ukraine secured against the future profits generated by Russian state assets frozen by western countries, ⁦Isobel Koshiw⁩ ⁦Guy Chazan⁩ ⁦Paola Tamma⁩ ⁦Laura Dubois⁩ report on.ft.com/3Q1wqKh

Somehow stumbled into a bit of twitter that consists of hundred-follower accounts excommunicating each other for failing to acknowledge each other as pope

How an oligarch court victory undermines the EU sanctions regime by ripping up the idea that proximity to Putin means complicity with the war - & puts a spotlight on Brussels’ hastily-assembled legal justifications against Kremlin cronies ft.com/content/722d0e… @ft w max seddon

Stay calm and be more Finnish, says Alexander Stubb.

Finland’s new president says in an interview with me & Richard Milne that Russia’s army will be back at pre-war strengthen by 2030 - and so now is the time for Europe to talk less and prepare more

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The debate continues in Washington over our Financial Times scoop about the Biden Administration urging Ukraine to halt its drone strikes on Russian oil refineries. Although Wallander’s reason given today is a new line and not the reasons our sources and other U.S. officials since —…

A top EU court has struck down sanctions against Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, citing insufficient evidence they backed Putin's war against Ukraine. The ruling's a major blow to the EU’s sanctions regime against Moscow:

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Confirming our Financial Times scoop last month Ben Hall Christopher Miller Myles McCormick on.ft.com/49tg5Fi

Wider war in Europe ‘no longer a fantasy’, warns EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell Fontelles, amid Russia's threat and possible US withdrawal

“War is certainly looming around us,” he said. “A high-intensity, conventional war in Europe is no longer a fantasy”

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1/Russia’s aim now appears to be to destroy Ukraine’s energy system beyond repair not inflict blackouts like winter 22-23. They have focused their missiles on power stations outside of Kyiv. Kyiv currently being the only place with sufficient air defense

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Two years after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and following sanctions, Russia’s economy is still afloat and even growing. Why? Discussed that with Benjamin Bidder and Ann-Dorit Boy from SPIEGEL English.
Key takeaways in a short thread 👇👇👇
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Brits like to think their lack of self-reflection is a strength, or at least a powerful coping mechanism. It is actually one of their biggest weaknesses.

A must read on a country in denial and in decline

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The Russian air force is stepping up its use of Soviet-era weapons that have been retrofitted for 21st-century warfare and are pounding Ukrainian forces, pulverising towns and giving Moscow an advantage on the battlefield.

My piece for Financial Times on the Russian 'glide bombs' targeting…

scoop w/ Henry Foy — in meetings in Europe this week, Blinken warned Beijing was assisting Moscow “at a concerning scale”, and providing “tools, inputs and technical expertise” particularly in optics, propellants and space cooperation ft.com/content/ba5244… via @ft

The latest Jan Marsalek story is insane ft.com/content/c3b500…

In my article I have mentioned that attacks on Russian refining do not hurt Russian state budget, which may be rather counterintuitive, after all, a good third of Russia's oil export revenue comes from refined products. Let me explain, how this works.

A brilliant job in the heart of the FT newsroom, helping run our UK news coverage.

Deadline April 18th. Happy to chat about the position (DM here, email [email protected], or ping me on Signal [kadhim.01])

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In which Russian scholar Dmitry Suslov lays out why 'freezing' the war in #Ukraine now is absolutely not in #Russia 's interest:

Russia now holds the mil./industrial advantage, which it may lose in a few years given the bigger size of Western economies

kommersant.ru/doc/6620406

Yes, he should. I hope we get a double celebration soon.. Evan released in time to see Arsenal win the League.