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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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Russian, Chinese, and North Korean flags on the border between the three countries, June 25, 2015 (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Photo by: Ivan Vdovin
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Vladimir Putin casts his vote in the 1999 Duma election, December 19, 1999 (Antoine GYORI/Sygma via Getty Images)
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TV sets in Moscow during the broadcast of President Putin's annual televised phone-in with the nation, April 16, 2015 (ALEXANDER UTKIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian billionaires Boris and Arkady Rotenberg at the 2017 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, April 30, 2017 (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Republika Srpska Anti-terrorist squad march during a parade celebrating the illegal statehood day of the Serbian entity Republika Srpska, January 9, 2017 (Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
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
