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A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Leaders representing Russia, Pakistan, China, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Kyrgyzstan attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State in Bishek in 2019. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev greets Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilaterlal meeting at the Russian-Kazakh Regional Forum on November 7, 2019 in Omsk, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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A RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile vehicle during the rehearsals for the Victory Day Military Parade, on April 18, 2022 in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
In the Media
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on during talks with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on April 12, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
