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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, February 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (David Goldman - Pool/Getty Images)
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(ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian President Putin (bottom L) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (bottom 2nd L) at the Red Square in Moscow, on May 9, 2013, Topol intercontinental ballistic missile launchers in the foreground (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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(Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
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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)
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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
