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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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Chess grandmaster and current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen (L) of Norway with challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia during their World Chess Championship 2016 round 1 match in New York, November 11, 2016. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
In the Media
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
