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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (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
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
