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In this grab taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, escorted by a group of officers, greets a military medic as he inspects Russian troops at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Russian military leaders have remained silent as they faced angry rants from Yevgeny Prigozhin, the maverick millionaire head of the private military contractor Wagner. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Infighting among Putin’s lieutenants seems to reveal signs of ‘deep dysfunction’

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Technology Sharing between Russia and China Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

China and Russia cooperating on defense technology, space projects

By Jianli Yang

Putin's to-do List Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

What would happen if Putin were to prevail in Ukraine?

By Clifford D. May

Alexei Navalny is surrounded by journalists in a plane before a flight to Moscow in the Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Over the past 12 months, scores of activists, independent journalists and rights advocates have been targeted with raids, detained and designated as terrorists and foreign agents. In a span of a decade, Navalny has gone from the Kremlin's biggest foe to Russia's most prominent political prisoner. Already serving two convictions that have landed him in prison for at least nine years, he faces a new trial that could keep him behind for another two decades. AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)

Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny

By Joanna Kozlowska and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend a joint news with Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema, Egypt's Prime Minister Mustafa Madbuly, Senegal's President Macky Sall, President of the Union of Comoros Azali Assoumani during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 16, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

African leaders visit Russia to discuss their peace plan with Putin, after Ukraine trip

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by Photo host Agency RIA Novosti, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 16, 2023. (Ramil Sitdikov/Photo host Agency RIA Novosti)

Putin touts Russian economy as Western investors steer clear of St. Petersburg event

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, greets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group is being held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO sees no change in Russia’s nuclear posture despite Belarus leader’s claims

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Illustration on Putin's mind by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

President Putin, it’s time to retire

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Thousands of people wave Russian national flags as they gather on Red Square to watch a concert dedicated to the Day of Russia in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 11, 2023. The Day of Russia is celebrated annually on 12 June. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin uses public holiday to laud patriotic feelings as support for troops in Ukraine

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Silvio Berlusconi gets emotional during the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome Thursday, Sep. 22, 2022. Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died, according to Italian media. He was 86. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Checkered and colorful, Berlusconi created a template for populists

By Eric J. Lyman — Special to The Washington Times

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Friday, June 9, 2023. The plant has been under Russian occupation since 2022. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Intense fighting reported in Ukraine as last nuclear reactor is shut down amid flooding

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a cabinet meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin: Putin open to peace talks to end Ukraine war, but only if West offers concessions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, the Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev is displayed as Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conducts an Orthodox service celebrating Trinity Sunday with Russia's most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow's main cathedral despite the keepers' vociferous protests in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev that was kept in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery since the 1920s was moved to Christ the Savior Cathedral for the holiday on President Vladimir Putin's order. Putin's sudden order to hand over the 15th century icon to the church came despite protests from the Tretyakov keepers that the icon was too fragile to move. (Oleg Varov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)

Russia’s most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests

Associated Press

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held pickets and demonstrations to mark his birthday. Navalny turned 47 on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2023 while serving a nine-year sentence at a maximum-security prison 150 miles east of Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Navalny supporters hold demonstrations to mark Russian opposition leader’s 47th birthday

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Illustration on China's goal of hegemony by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

In fantasy of multipolarity, new world order would be dominated by Chinese Communists

By Clifford D. May

Ukraine Conflict Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Putin has made rules giving him best chance of winning in Ukraine

By Peter Morici

Police officers guard an area where a Ukrainian drone damaged an apartment building in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. In Moscow, residents reported hearing explosions and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin later confirmed there had been a drone attack that he said caused "insignificant" damage. (AP Photo)

Moscow drone attack exposes Russia’s vulnerabilities, fuels criticism of military

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In this file photo, China's People's Liberation Army displays DF-26 ballistic missiles in a parade. Over just the past several months, major revelations about the extent of China's hypersonic weapons capabilities, its nuclear arms stockpile, and even the size of its navy have sparked concerns that Washington may not have a full window into exactly what its 21st-century rival has up its sleeve, or what may be under development deep inside the communist nation. (Associated Press/File)

China’s growing arsenal boosts risk of nuclear war, study says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration on being banned in Russia by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why I, #467, was banned from Russia

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

A woman exits a newly opened Maag store, a former Zara flagship store, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 27, 2023. When Russia invaded Ukraine, companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others vowed to curtail sales and new investment. More than a year later, it’s clear: Leaving Russia isn't as easy as the first announcements might have made it seem. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Companies are finding it’s not so simple to leave Russia; others are quietly staying put

By David McHugh - Associated Press