A piece about Russia’s financial position leads the Financial Times, with it reporting that “Chinese lenders stepped in to extend billion of dollars to Russian banks as western institutions pulled out” in the year following the invasion of Ukraine. It’s based on research carried out for the paper by the Kyiv School of Economics. Domestically, the paper reports the Irish government is taking legal advice over a court challenge against controversial UK legislation which would offer an amnesty for crimes committed during the conflict in Northern Ireland.