To combat endemic corruption, the Russian government usually requires senior officials to make annual declarations of assets and incomes. But the new decree, signed by Mr. Putin on Thursday and backdated to the start of the invasion, exempts Russian officials in the occupied territories from normal restrictions on receiving outside financial contributions — which some military analysts interpreted as giving cover to corruption or the seizure of private property.


Ama Ndlovu explores the connections of culture, ecology, and imagination.
Her work combines ancestral knowledge with visions of the planetary future, examining how Black perspectives can transform how we see our world and what lies ahead.
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