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War in Ukraine: life for Russians

Russian views on what the Kremlin calls a ‘special military operation’ are mixed, with some showing support while others express private dissent or protest publicly

Russian billionaire calls for ‘cowards’ in Moscow elite to oppose invasion
Oleg Tinkov says decision to lift UK sanctions against him may encourage other businessmen to speak out
How Wagner’s march of fury brought the war home
Watching the destruction by Putin’s forces in Ukraine, I always knew my city of Voronezh would be in the line of fire
Russian insurrection: Prigozhin’s failed mutiny and the fallout
A timeline of the Wagner militia’s shortlived uprising and what happened next
‘Total distrust’: rise of the Russian informers
Teachers, neighbours and even family members are turning to Soviet-style denunciations in wartime Russia
Russia’s wartime economy: learning to live without imports
Rather than provoking a dramatic collapse, international sanctions are causing a steady degradation of the country’s productive capacity
How Putin’s war destroyed a golden age of Russian culture
Inside the pain, purges and persecution that have decimated the country’s once-flourishing theatre scene

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