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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Russian rubles (Josef F. Stuefer/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Memorial to the Heroes of WW1 in the Victory Park on May 9, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images)
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Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon candidate of the party 'Les Republicains' at the Exhibition Park of the Porte de Versailles on November 25, 2016 in Paris, France. (Frederic Stevens/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awards ceremony in the Kremlin on December 22, 2014 in Moscow, Russia. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)
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Flowers are placed in front of a portrait of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in the Foreign Ministry in Moscow on December 20, 2016, a day after his assassination in the Turkish capital. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on the sidelines of SCO Summit in Tashkent, June 24, 2016. (Narendra Modi/Flickr)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
