Kremlin bans officials from resigning to avoid ‘any impression of defeatism’

A freight train that was derailed in the Simferopol district of Crimea. Photo: Reuters — © REUTERS
Gleb Garanich
Russia has banned its own top officials from resigning to avoid “any impression of defeatism,” according to British intelligence.
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