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Your Wednesday Briefing: Quake’s Death Toll Soars

Also, China’s balloon spin and Russia’s mounting losses.

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In Russian Plays, Don’t Mention the War

Paris productions of Chekhov, Turgenev and Ostrovsky avoid current events and focus on profound truths. But the plays’ message is…

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Russia and Ukraine Have Incentives to Negotiate. The U.S. Has Other Plans.

The United States’ recent promise to ship advanced M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine was a swift response to a…

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How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue

Restrictions on Russia’s oil trade are raising the stakes in a protracted economic standoff that is reshaping the global energy…

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Conversations With Friends, in a Russian Jail Cell

A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.

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Russia Pushes to Take Ukrainian Town Near a Vital Supply Line

Ukraine has used the strategic town of Vuhledar to launch attacks disrupting transit on a critical rail link between the…

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U.S. Presses Partners to Weed Out Illicit Trade With Russia

American officials worry that commercial activities in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates could be fueling Russia’s war machine and…

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Russia Pushes to Take Ukrainian Town Near a Vital Supply Line

The town of Vuhledar is just a few miles from a critical rail link. Its capture would enable Moscow to…

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When It Comes to Building Its Own Defense, Europe Has Blinked

Despite expectations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would force Europe to bolster its military strength, it has instead reinforced dependency…

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E.U. Vows More Help for Ukraine but Tamps Down Membership Talk

European Union leaders met in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Ukraine would not give up on Bakhmut, the…

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