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Russia will try to soften dismay at ending grain deal
Offering Africa free grain is at variance with Russia resuming the Black Sea grain deal once its conditions are met
Prigozhin’s failed mutiny will weaken Putin
Wagner Group owner’s dramatic seizure of Rostov-on-Don and his troops’ ‘March for Justice’ have ended
Prospects for the Russian economy to end-2023
Rising military-industrial sector production and related industries will support manufacturing activity in 2023
Russia will trap foreign investors in a gilded cage
How many Western companies have left Russia is unclear; Moscow has made exit difficult, and there are profits to be made
Many factors will restrict Russia’s recovery in 2023
Although the economy is adjusting to a harsh post-invasion environment, its impacts will continue to play out in 2023
Russia’s decoupling from West looks to be long-term
In response to Ukraine sanctions, Russia is reorienting economic relations from the West towards emerging economies