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Has Putin finally handed over control to his generals?

30 March 2022

4:48 PM

30 March 2022

4:48 PM

Russia has signalled that, a month into a war that it expected to take a few days, it would begin scaling back its military activities around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Moscow’s deputy defence minister, Alexander Fomin, said that the move was designed to increase mutual trust between Russia and Ukraine.

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Julius Strauss runs the newsletter Back to the Front about Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan and the Balkans


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