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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping shake hands at the meeting of the BRICS delegation heads, in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 5, 2013. (Igor Russak/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)
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Pro-Russian activists guard a barricade set at the Ukrainian regional Security Service building on the eastern city of Donetsk on April 7, 2014 (Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Tanks Arriving Near Simferopol, March 31, 2014 (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin after signing a law on ratification of a treaty making Crimea part of Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow March 21, 2014, with Valentina Matviyenko (L) and Sergei Naryshkin (R) applauding. (SERGEI CHIRIKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) in Ankara on January 30, 2013 (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/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
