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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting at Bocharov Ruchei residence. MAY 14, 2019 (Mikhail Metzel/Getty Images)
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S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems of the Russian Southern Military District's missile regiment on combat duty. (Sergei Malgavko/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin followed by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov attend the welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony prior to the dinner on September 4, 2017 in Xiamen, China. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin on October 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Donald Trump looks at Vladimir Putin at the meeting center of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018 (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee along Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via 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
