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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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Detail of a placard depicting Joseph Stalin and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Maidan camp on Independence Square in Kiev, July 28, 2014. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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A member of Russia's delegation looks at a monitor showing the speech of US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade, 50 km outside Moscow in Yushkovo, March 18, 2008. (DIMA KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the new Ak Saray presidential palace (White Palace) on the outskirts of Ankara on October 29, 2014. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/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
