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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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  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    US politics & policy
    US to withhold nuclear data from Russia in escalation of tensions

    Move comes after Moscow suspended its participation in New Start treaty

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    Russian politics
    Putin plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

    Russian president denies the move would violate Moscow’s non-proliferation obligations

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    Russia
    Russian accused of evading sanctions escapes house arrest in Italy

    Artem Uss goes missing a day after an Italian court approved his extradition request to the US

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    Oleg Deripaska
    Oleg Deripaska broke promises in Moscow land dispute, court told

    Lawyers claim Russian tycoon ‘deliberately’ breached legal undertakings

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Russia
    Russia arrests leading member of Nobel Prize-winning rights group

    Memorial’s Oleg Orlov charged with ‘discrediting the armed forces’

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Xi backs Putin on Ukraine but holds out on Russian gas pipeline

    Leaders of China and Russia hold centrepiece talks in Moscow

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    News in-depthRussian politics
    Xi-Putin talks highlight Russia’s role as ‘junior partner’ to China

    Moscow sees trade with Beijing as way to bypass western sanctions and help win Ukraine war

  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi praises Putin’s ‘strong leadership’ in Kremlin talks

    China’s leader demonstrates his support more than a year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi to test limits of friendship with Putin on Russia state visit

    China’s president wants to assert peacemaking credentials and stabilise relations with Europe

  • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Putin pays surprise visit to Mariupol in occupied Ukraine

    Appearance seen as apparent show of defiance after International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi Jinping to visit Vladimir Putin in Russia next week

    Chinese leader to affirm strong ties with Moscow despite Ukraine invasion

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Russia
    Chechen strongman denies ill health after teenage son meets Putin

    Ramzan Kadyrov moves to scotch rumours after first Kremlin visit in more than a year

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Sberbank
    Raiffeisen seeks to swap €400mn with Sberbank in ‘financial prisoner exchange’

    Austrian lender in talks with Kremlin-owned bank in an attempt to reduce exposure to Russia

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Russian jet collided with unmanned American drone over Black Sea, says US

    Incident described by officials in Washington as ‘reckless’ action by Moscow’s military

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Russian politics
    The letter-writing campaign in pursuit of Russian sanctions relief

    Opposition figures rally around Mikhail Fridman

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    ObituaryGleb Pavlovsky
    Gleb Pavlovsky, Russian spin doctor, 1951 — 2023

    Odesa-born dissident turned arch-manipulator who helped create Putin’s new Russia

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven set to offload Alfa-Bank stake in $2.3bn deal

    Oligarchs’ partner Andrei Kosogov agrees to take over Russia’s largest private lender as they fight western sanctions

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Georgia
    Georgia withdraws Russia-inspired bill after violent protests

    US and Brussels say ‘foreign agent’ bill was incompatible with efforts to join EU and Nato

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Georgia
    Violent clashes erupt in Georgia over Russia-modelled media law

    NGOs and press organisations receiving funding from abroad would be labelled ‘foreign agents’

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    News in-depthRussian politics
    Russia and Iran hesitate over co-operation as west warns of costs

    Moscow held off buying Iranian missiles over fears Ukraine would receive long-range rockets, say officials

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Russian far-right fighter claims border stunt exposes Putin’s weakness

    Ukraine denies backing raid by extremist Denis Nikitin, who calls for other Russians to rise up against Kremlin

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    News in-depthYevgeny Prigozhin
    Russian mercenary Prigozhin falls foul of Kremlin old guard

    Wagner Group’s influence wanes as Moscow’s military establishment reasserts control

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    China tries to play peacemaker in Ukraine war to woo Europe

    Beijing touts its role as a non-aligned broker but firm ties to Moscow stir western unease

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    The Big Read
    How Putin blundered into Ukraine — then doubled down

    The decision to invade was taken after consulting only a tiny circle. The Russian leader has since become even more isolated

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Russia and China vow to strengthen ties despite international ‘pressure’

    Beijing’s top diplomat meets Vladimir Putin two days before first anniversary of Ukraine invasion

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