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Henry Foy
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Financial Times Brussels Bureau Chief, and writer of Europe Express morning briefing. Past lives in Moscow, Warsaw, London and New Delhi. ✉️ [email protected]
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    Henry Foy
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    Aug 21, 2023
    🚨Some personal news... Very excited to start today as the @FinancialTimes Brussels bureau chief, leading a stupendous team of reporters covering the EU's good, bad and ugly: from war to economic malaise, climate change, busted budgets & an existential enlargement question!
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    Henry Foy
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    Feb 26, 2022
    Russia has $630bn in international reserves. A big chunk of that is held overseas. Western sanctions agreed tonight are designed to stop Putin being able to spend even a single rouble worth.
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    Henry Foy
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    Oct 6, 2022
    Extraordinary photo. Impossible to imagine, prior to Putin’s war, that the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan would hold four-way peace talks with Macron and Michel The Russian sphere is eroding
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    Henry Foy
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    Jul 16, 2018
    Trump in opening remarks to Finnish President in Helsinki thanks him for his support, and says NATO has never been stronger. Finland isn't in NATO.
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    Henry Foy
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    Mar 4, 2022
    Breaking: Spain’s foreign minister says @NATO will discuss possible intervention and no-fly zone in Ukraine during a Friday summit of the US-led military alliance ft.com/content/fe80e2… via @FinancialTimes
    Ukraine war news from March 4: Fire at nuclear plant extinguished after Russian assault, Nato...
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    Henry Foy
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    Feb 26, 2022
    💥 Potentially huge development with major ramifications if correct that Turkey will close Bosporous to Russia’s warships entering Black Sea. Turkey is a @NATO member. Putin has warned of retaliation against third country’s “meddling” in his invasion of Ukraine
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    Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
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    Feb 26, 2022
    I thank my friend Mr. President of 🇹🇷 @RTErdogan and the people of 🇹🇷 for their strong support. The ban on the passage of 🇷🇺 warships to the Black Sea and significant military and humanitarian support for 🇺🇦 are extremely important today. The people of 🇺🇦 will never forget that!
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    Turkey is currently denying that it has made a decision to close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian warships. middleeasteye.net/news/russia-uk…
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    Henry Foy
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    Nov 10, 2022
    Putin bottles it in Bali. Moscow confirms Russia’s President has bailed on the G20 summit next week. So for all his strongman talk of fronting up to the west and having friends all around the world - he couldn’t walk the walk.
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    Henry Foy
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    Feb 26, 2022
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    Tonight we have the political declaration from G7 and EU. The details will follow, and need studying. But tonight it is clear that while Putin could still “win” his war in Ukraine, the costs to him, and to Russia, will be far, far higher than he could have imagined.
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    Henry Foy
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    Jul 11, 2024
    Giorgia Meloni on top eye-rolling form as leaders at the @Nato summit wait for Stoltenberg and Biden to arrive for today's first session
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    Henry Foy
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    Feb 26, 2022
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    This cash pile was the reason the Kremlin - and some western analysts - were confident Russia could survive sanctions on its banks, exports or big businesses, and weather the economic pain of the invasion of Ukraine. This changes that calculation, significantly
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    Henry Foy
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    Jan 28, 2024
    💥SCOOP - Brussels has drawn up a plan to sabotage Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán blocks a €50bn aid package to Ukraine this week, according to a secret internal document seen by @FT that lays out Budapest’s economic weaknesses & how to exploit them ft.com/content/9dabcd… 🧵
    Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid
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    Henry Foy
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    Feb 26, 2022
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    That cash was Putin’s insurance policy. He didn’t touch it during the Covid-19 economic crisis, and has forced Russia through years of effective austerity to save it up, as a protection against western sanctions.
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    Henry Foy
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    Sep 28, 2022
    The 90km journey that changed the war in Ukraine Our @FinancialTimes interactive allows you to relive Ukraine's stunning counter-offensive in the north-east - and learn how they did it, why it worked, & what it means for Russia's failing invasion effort ig.ft.com/ukraine-counte…
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    Henry Foy
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    Jul 12, 2022
    EU and Nato governments sound alarm over arms smuggling from Ukraine into Europe, as governments fret over where the billions of dollars of weapons sent to Kyiv are ending up after they cross the border ft.com/content/bce78c… @FinancialTimes
    Nato and EU sound alarm over risk of Ukraine weapons smuggling
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