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President Vladimir Putin and chief of the Russian general staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov observe a previous Vostok joint exercise, near the Chinese border in Siberia in 2018. (Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/AFP ia Getty Images)
Joined by China and India, Russia Begins Large-Scale Military Exercise in Far East
September 1, 2022 | 5:22pm EDT
Smoke rises at the front line in the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces as a major counteroffensive gets underway in a bit to retake Kherson city and the surrounding region. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP via Getty Images)
Ukraine, Russia Present Competing Narratives as Long-Awaited Kherson Counteroffensive Begins
August 30, 2022 | 5:34pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Photo: The Kremlin)
Russia and Iran Strengthen Economic Ties in Bid to Counteract US Sanctions
August 25, 2022 | 5:51pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the opening ceremony of the Army-2022 International Military-Technical forum outside Moscow on Monday. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
Putin Pitches Weapons to Foreign Clients, Says They Are ‘Decades Ahead’ of Western Equivalents
August 15, 2022 | 6:14pm EDT
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to Vladivostok, Russia in 2019. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov / AFP via Getty Images)
Russia Signals Possibility of Using North Korean Labor to Help Rebuild Donbass
August 10, 2022 | 6:38pm EDT
Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire a Grad BM-21 multiple rocket launcher at the front line between Russian and Ukraine forces in Donbass. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP via Getty Images)
After Lull, Russia Launches Renewed Offensive in a Bid to Capture the Rest of Donbass
August 7, 2022 | 5:19pm EDT
A pipeline operator on the Russian end of the Nord Stream 1 Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP/GettyImages)
Russian Gas Via Most Important Pipeline to Europe Now Down to Just 20 Percent of Capacity
July 27, 2022 | 5:38pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin earlier this month. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik /AFP via Getty Images)
Russia Signals Start of a New Military Offensive in Ukraine
July 17, 2022 | 7:42pm EDT
A Russian Navy frigate. (File photo: Russia Defense Ministry)
Russia Ups Pressure on Japan by Joining China in Joint Naval Exercise Near Disputed Islands
July 5, 2022 | 6:06pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. (File photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)
Sanctions Trigger First Russian Foreign Debt Default Since 1918
June 27, 2022 | 5:58pm EDT