Each time russia bats away proposals, i think it looks more bleak. As ever, we're having to speculate as to what's going on in mister puten's mind. But what do things look like for him now? What has he gained in all this so far?
We unpick the week’s torrent of headlines; an invasion may yet come but either way President Vladimir Putin has already harmed Russia. The country’s digital self-isolation project is quietly forging ahead; we examine its home-grown “tech stack” with everything from chips up to apps. And we hear from a Ukrainian woman whose life has been upended by the conflict’s uncertainties.
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