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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Russian battlecruiser 'Pjotr Velikij' passes the Great Belt Bridge as it leads nuclear submarine 'Dmitrij Donskoj' through the Danish waters on July 21, 2017 near Korsor, Denmark. (Photo by Ole Jensen - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the monument to Alexander III, on June 5, 2021 (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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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)
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
