The step by the country’s central bank came as President Vladimir V. Putin moved to raise the minimum wage and sweeten military benefits. The European Union stalled on its push to ban Russian oil, a severe tool to punish Moscow.
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, strategy has in large part evolved into attempts at entrapment. But as the encounter at the bridge illustrated, the tactic comes with grave risks.
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