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    Max Seddon

    Moscow bureau chief

    Max Seddon has been the FT's Moscow bureau chief since 2021 and leads coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He was previously a correspondent in the Moscow bureau, where he wrote about the tug-of-war over money and power between the Kremlin, Russian oligarchs, and state companies, as well as topics from the Orthodox Church to football. Before that, he covered Russia and Ukraine for BuzzFeed News and the Associated Press.
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    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia claims it ‘fully liquidated’ pro-Kyiv militias who crossed border

      Kremlin embarrassed by two-day incursion on Russian territory

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Putin claims capture of Bakhmut as Ukraine insists battle ‘not over’

      Zelenskyy denies that Russia fully controls city ‘destroyed’ in bloodiest clash since invasion

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Wagner Group
      Wagner-linked group buys helmets from China despite sanctions

      Entities connected with mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin continue to frustrate western efforts to choke off supplies

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      News in-depthLatvia
      Latvian bank owner faces murder plot trial over lawyer’s killing

      Lawyer was shot dead during rush hour after making complaints of money laundering to authorities

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russian push to lure western attendees to St Petersburg forum stalls

      Named participants including Eric Schmidt say they have no plans to join Putin’s flagship summit

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      G7 leaders to discuss proposal for Ukraine peace summit

      Talks come as China’s leader Xi Jinping’s special envoy visits Kyiv touting Beijing’s ‘political settlement’ to end conflict

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      Xi Jinping courts Central Asia as Russian influence weakens

      Chinese president holds two-day summit with leaders of region crucial to security, trade and energy

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsTurkish general election 2023
      West braced for five more years of ‘unreliable’ Erdoğan at helm in Turkey

      Another term for the Turkish president would continue western nations’ fraught relationship with Ankara

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia appears to target US made Patriot system during strike on Kyiv

      Ukraine says it brought down all 18 missiles in the ‘exceptional’ barrage against the Ukrainian capital

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Russian business & finance
      Russian PM to attend business forum in China as bilateral trade rises

      Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to Shanghai next week points up Moscow’s growing dependency on Beijing

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Alexander Lukashenko
      Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko re-emerges after health scare

      President appears with bandaged arm after struggling in Russia last week

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      EU goods worth at least $1bn vanish in Russia ‘ghost trade’

      Western officials believe nation diverted sensitive exports targeted by sanctions

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Wagner chief blames Moscow for faltering war effort

      Yevgeny Prigozhin has threatened to pull out of Bakhmut unless Russia sends more weapons

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia accuses Ukraine of Putin assassination attempt

      Kyiv denies any involvement in alleged drone strike on Kremlin as Moscow vows retaliation

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      Nord Stream AG
      Russian military ship spotted near Nord Stream pipelines days before blasts

      Tugboat capable of launching and rescuing mini-submarines was photographed close to where sabotage took place

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Russian spy network smuggles sensitive EU tech despite sanctions

      Covert FSB procurement chain acquires goods for war in Ukraine even after operatives were apprehended last year

    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US says more than 20,000 Russian forces killed in Ukraine since December

      Figures underscore high price Putin has paid in latest wave of fighting

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
      China seeks ‘damage control’ on Ukraine with Zelenskyy call

      Presidential talks aim to ensure Beijing has role in postwar settlement, say experts

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia seizes subsidiaries of Finland’s Fortum and Germany’s Uniper

      Kremlin builds ‘compensation fund’ in response to west’s ‘illegal expropriation of Russian assets’

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Alexei Navalny
      Navalny fears life in prison after Russia brings fresh charges

      Russian opposition leader is charged with terrorism in addition to nearly a dozen other offences

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia accidentally bombs own city near Ukrainian border

      Three people injured in fiery explosion after Belgorod mistakenly hit by fighter jet

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Wagner Group
      China snubbed Wagner arms request, says US leak

      Classified document suggests Beijing did not respond to Russian paramilitary group’s request for weapons in early 2023

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Evan Gershkovich
      Evan Gershkovich loses appeal against pre-trial detention

      Wall Street Journal reporter is being held in an FSB prison on espionage charges

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Putin visits Russian troops in occupied regions of Ukraine

      Russian leader makes closest visit to frontline since launch of full-scale invasion

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Putin hails Russia’s military co-operation with China

      President also praises countries’ economic partnership after Beijing throws Kremlin a lifeline

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