Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t just angering leaders from Berlin to Washington. He’s irking some of his richest friends, too, by snubbing their pleas to end the conflict in Ukraine and ostracizing all but a handful of hard-liners. The ruble’s plunge has heightened opposition to Putin’s backing of the rebellion in Ukraine among his wealthiest […]
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