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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a televised meeting in Russia
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Hard Numbers: Prigozhin on Putin’s payroll, Sierra Leone election unrest, Chinese millionaire dreams of college, Rainforest destruction soars

86 billion: According to Putin, the Wagner Group was fully funded by the Kremlin and received 86 billion rubles (or US $1 billion) from Moscow in the last year.

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko speaks during a news conference in Dakar.
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Senegalese opposition leader sentenced, 2024 bid in peril

Sonko, a popular former tax inspector and mayor, is being held in contempt of court after he ghosted the trial.

​Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya speaks at the United Nations Security Council in New York, U.S., September 30, 2022.
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Hard Numbers: Russia to helm Security Council, Sonko seized, Stubborn EU inflation, Australia vs. climate change

Russia is set to helm the UN Security Council as of April 1, a transition of power that Ukraine has dubbed "an April Fool's joke."