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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Russian President Putin (bottom L) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (bottom 2nd L) at the Red Square in Moscow, on May 9, 2013, Topol intercontinental ballistic missile launchers in the foreground (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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(Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
Commentary
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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)
Commentary
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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)
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Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade, 50 km outside Moscow in Yushkovo, March 18, 2008. (DIMA KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
