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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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People hold placards reading in French 'I am Charlie' during a gathering on the Place de Republique in Paris, on January 8, 2015. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)
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The building complex Block IV of the 'colossus of Ruegen'- complex in Prora on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north-eastern Germany, July 21, 2011. (STEFAN SAUER/AFP/GettyImages)
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Detail of a placard depicting Joseph Stalin and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Maidan camp on Independence Square in Kiev, July 28, 2014. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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A member of Russia's delegation looks at a monitor showing the speech of US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
