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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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Vladimir Kara-Murza (L) during a news conference on 'Corruption and Abuse in Sochi Olympics' January 30, 2014 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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The gates of Kremlin and the Kremlin are pictured on October 31, 2013 in Moscow, Russia (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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(VLADIMIR SINDEYEV/AFP/GettyImages)
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Russian nuclear missile Topol-M (rusm/Getty Images)
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(YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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(Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front C) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (front L) walk to watch military exercises upon his arrival at the Kirillovsky firing ground in the Leningrad region, on March 3, 2014. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. (USAF/Getty Images)
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The Ukrainian flag on top of bricks used for barricades in Maidan Square, on March 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Experts
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
