Russia’s finance minister walked into a G20 summit for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But what did he walk out with?

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Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters Vladimir Putin has increased the number of staff at the central headquarters of Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO) amid a string of high-profile killings and growing paranoia from the Russian president about threats against his life. Putin signed a decree on Monday t