Europe | Ploughshares into swords

Russia’s technocrats keep funds flowing for Vladimir Putin’s war

The economy is slowly being repurposed

Russian honour guard soldiers march in front of the Motherland Calls statue at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two Memorial complex in Russia's southern city of Volgograd on January 24, 2023, ahead the 80th anniversary of the Stalingrad Battle. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
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