Russia fails to break through in Kursk & assessing two years of economic warfare to cripple Moscow

Day 941

Today, we look at the latest developments on the frontline; Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara Murza insists a democratic Russia is possible - as long as the West helps Ukraine win the war; and a leading financial journalist takes us inside the Economic war, the West’s sanctions on Russia, and the Kremlin’s attempts to outfox them.

Contributors:

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Reporter). @RolandOliphant on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Latika M Bourke (Writer-at-Large for @thenightlyau). @latikambourke on X.

Stephanie Baker (Senior Writer, Bloomberg). @StephaniBaker on X.

Articles:

Stephanie's Book: Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia:

https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/punishing-putin-inside-the-global-economic-war-to-bring-down-russia-stephanie-baker?variant=40921316196430

Tribute Episode to David Knowles of Battle Lines:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-memory-of-david-knowles-creator-of-battle-lines/id1712903296?i=1000669411669

Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000 (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr3255gpjgo

How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad – and won (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/sep/12/enrc-oligarchs-took-on-serious-fraud-office-and-won

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