Very few, if any, of the lofty goals laid out by the Biden administration when it began to pour billions of dollars of weapons into Ukraine after the Russian invasion have been met. The sophisticated U.S.
While Ukraine is preoccupied with short-term imperatives such as shoring up international support, the relative resilience of the Russian economy has enabled Putin to play a long game.
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The Russian currency has stabilized after dipping below 100 rubles to the U.S. dollar — but that doesn t mean the pressure is off Russia s economy. Western sanctions have cut into