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Yahoo News has obtained confidential strategy documents drawn up by the Kremlin that reveal Russia’s ambitious plans to exert its influence in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

"He still thinks that he can outlast the West," the former head of Estonias Foreign Intelligence Service told Newsweek of the Russian president.

A G7-European Union joint price cap is reportedly eating into the Kremlins budget as Moscow wages its costly war in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putins spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Newsweek that NATOs backing for Ukraine "will not prevent" Moscows victory.

Mikk Marran, who headed Estonias foreign intelligence service until last year, told Newsweek that Moscows spies are still conducting foreign operations.

"There were and are officials inside the Kremlin that are totally against the war," the former head of Estonias Foreign Intelligence Service told Newsweek.

Not all experts said Russia would immediately topple Ukraine when it invaded nearly one year ago. Three who believed in Ukraine offer their current thoughts.

The S&P500 jumped 4.0% this week, boosting the index’s two-week rally to 8.9%. UK 10-year gilt yields sank 58 bps this week to 3.78%, with yields down 116 bps from October 12th highs.

Ukraine's military is ultimately going to defeat that of Russia, outgoing chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service (Välisluureamet) said in a lengthy portrait which appeared on the Yahoo portal last Sunday. At the same time, the west should not fear cornering Vladimir Putin – doing so is in fact the only effective way to deal with the Russian leader.