


Scores of foreign companies have exited the Russian market since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine last February, while many others are still trying to wind down their businesses. Mr Putin has now asked the government to come up with proposals by 20 May, a document published by the Kremlin said. The Kremlin said proposals on dividend payments should "include conditions that residents expand their production in Russia, develop businesses based on new technologies and invest in the Russian economy". It has hit back with its own package of counter-sanctions and capital controls which restrict the ability of companies and investors from these countries to transfer profits or dividends back home. Russia considers all countries that have hit it with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine to be "unfriendly". In the snake game, a player directs an object on the screen, which advances in response to the players input (right, left, up, down). Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to "clarify" the procedure for how Russian companies can make dividend payments to shareholders from so-called "unfriendly countries". The ISW stated: "Prigozhin will likely continue to rely on his existing informational lines of attack to promote himself and seek further privileges from the Russian military as he retains a rehabilitated standing with Russian leadership."

He also "rhetorically boasted" that he had enough arms to support a million-strong army and suggested that he would offer to exchange these stocks of weapons for the resources that Wagner required. Then, yesterday, Mr Prigozhin claimed that Wagner was in possession of large stocks of weapons it captured from Ukrainian forces during the seizure of Soledar in the east. In 2016, a 26-foot long python was found at a construction site in Malaysia. Mr Prigozhin responded by stating that the figures provided were still not sufficient for what Wagner needed to complete its assigned tasks. It is thought that 20-foot is the largest they can grow, however, there have been reports of them being much larger. The letter, dated 23 April, was in response to his recent interview threatening to withdraw Wagner forces if the Russian military failed to provide more ammunition. The American thinktank notes that Russian sources circulated an alleged letter from the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to Mr Prigozhin last week. Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is likely using his rehabilitated standing with Russian leaders to "amplify his self-promotion efforts" and his "longstanding issues" with the Kremlin, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports.
