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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Oleksandr Danyliuk, Finance Minister of Ukraine, speaks during a panel discussion during the the 2017 IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, April 20, 2017 (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Trump As Putin's Puppet Poster on Utility Box, Washington DC, February 20, 2017 (Elvert Barnes)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2015 (Host photo agency / RIA Novosti via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Kremlin.ru)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's soeajs during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO summit in Brussels, May 25, 2017 (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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Workers pack chocolate products in factory on June 19, 2016 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine (Vitaliy Holovin/Corbis via Getty images)
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President Donald Trump is seen through a window speaking on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, January 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
