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POLITICO E-EDITION

Editors’ picks

EU is sabotaging itself with Russian oil sanctions, Khodorkovsky warns

The Putin critic says Europe is harming its own finances when it should be pouring cash into arms for Kyiv.

Giorgia Meloni’s Putin play

The far-right leader’s support for Ukraine against Russia is part of an effort to move from radical to respectable.

Smugglers’ secrets: How Russia can beat EU sanctions

It’s only a matter of time before Russia starts pulling tricks on ships at sea and sending goods via friendly countries to avoid and evade sanctions.

LIVING CITIES

(Re)designing the city for women

Urban planning that caters to needs of female residents makes for fairer, greener cities, experts say.

Russia declares gas war on EU

The Kremlin’s gas games threaten the bloc’s climate policies, economies and political stability.

Linguistics Department

The Rashists from Mordor vs. the Tractor Troops: Ukraine’s new language of war

An English-language guide to Ukrainian slang.

The most dangerous place on earth

In a showdown between Russia and NATO, the ‘Suwałki Gap’ would likely be the first point of contact.

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Germany

Scholz adviser turns heads with appeal to consider future Russian relationship

German chancellor’s foreign policy adviser urges Europe not to forget about its long-term relations with Moscow and to tread carefully toward China.

Berlin accuses Moscow of playing gas games as pipeline flows fall

Outages at two major suppliers are squeezing the bloc and imperiling energy security.

Olaf Scholz gets lost in communication over war in Ukraine

The German chancellor is struggling to explain his foreign policy goals to allies and citizens.

Brussels

EU Parliament’s climate champion role in doubt after key vote

MEPs’ compromise to break deadlock is out of step with the reality of climate change, critics say.

EU moves toward Russian lobbyist ban

Russian representatives will be suspended from the transparency register, as Council of EU takes action.

Commission staff get pay raise — against its own advice

The EU executive has long opposed the so-called automatic indexation of wages to inflation.

Britain

As inflation spirals, can Brexit still be Boris Johnson’s trump card?

Cost of living dominates voter concerns ahead of crunch Wakefield by-election.

Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser caved to the inevitable

Westminster-watchers see Christopher Geidt’s exit as an honorable move — but one that’s been a long time coming.

Boris Johnson rages at the European Court of Human Rights. But will he act?

A timely row with Strasbourg plays well with some Conservative MPs — but others are urging caution.

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