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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend an opening ceremony for the newly restored Moscow Cathedral Mosque on September 23, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and high ranking Russian officials hold a meeting on the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt on Oct. 31, in Moscow, Russia on November 17, 2015. (Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Commentary
Commentary
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
