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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Photo taken on June 4, 2021 shows the city view of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 4, 2021. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Selensky at his official visit in Austria at Federal Chancellery on September 15, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. Press conference with the Austrian Federal Chancellor. (Photo by Martin Juen/SEPA.Media /Getty Images)
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The Flame Towers in Baku, Azerbaijan (Getty Images)
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U.S. president Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Peter Klaunzer - Pool/Keystone via Getty Images)
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U.S. President Joe Biden (2L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as Swiss President Guy Parmelin (R) looks on during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland (Photo by Peter Klaunzer - Pool/Keystone v
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
