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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
Commentary
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) chairs a government meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow on March 5, 2014 (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama (L) holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on March 2, 2014 shows the US and NATO flags in the wind at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Military Personnel Near Simferopol, Ukraine, March 2, 2014 (Genya Savilov/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
