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The USS Mount Whitney, flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)
Amid Fresh Ukraine Tensions, US and Russian Navies Hold Competing Drills in Black Sea
November 8, 2021 | 4:57pm EST
Polish soldiers construct a barbed wire fence along Poland’s border with Belarus. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/AFP via Getty Images)
Poland Looks to Reinforce Belarus Border After Brussels Refuses to Finance ‘Barbed Wire and Walls’
November 1, 2021 | 7:29pm EDT
China’s Type 055 guided missile destroyer Nanchang, one of the ten Chinese and Russian warships that took part in the joint drills this month. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / Pool /AFP via Getty Images)
Russian and Chinese Warships Complete First Joint Naval Patrol in Western Pacific
October 25, 2021 | 4:44pm EDT
The Taliban’s ‘acting’ deputy prime minister Abdul Salam Hanafi, left, speaks to ‘acting’ Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Moscow on Wednesday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
Russia Hosts ‘Distinguished Delegation’ of Sanctioned Taliban Leaders for Int'l Talks
October 20, 2021 | 6:12pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in 2018. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Ukraine Accuses Hungary of Undercutting its Security With Russian Gas Deal
October 4, 2021 | 5:42pm EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a previous meeting. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Russian, Turkish Presidents Meet, Explore New Weapons Deal Opposed by US
September 29, 2021 | 5:56pm EDT
A Russian voter in Saint Petersburg on Sunday. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)
Google and Apple Criticized For Deleting Russian Opposition ‘Smart Voting’ App on Eve of Election
September 19, 2021 | 6:22pm EDT
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a previous version of the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises known as Zapad. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia and Belarus Begin Largest Military Exercise in Europe Since Cold War
September 12, 2021 | 4:22pm EDT
A worker on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline’s sector in northeastern Germany. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline Opposed by US Nears Completion
September 7, 2021 | 6:40pm EDT
Taliban fighters in Kabul this week. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian Officials Praise Taliban, Whose Fighters are ‘Guarding’ Moscow’s Embassy in Kabul
August 18, 2021 | 5:46pm EDT