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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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A member of Russia's delegation looks at a monitor showing the speech of US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade, 50 km outside Moscow in Yushkovo, March 18, 2008. (DIMA KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the new Ak Saray presidential palace (White Palace) on the outskirts of Ankara on October 29, 2014. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Russian policeman guards in front of Topol-M ICBM in Moscow on May 5, 2008. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
