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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Russia
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a declaration on allied cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan at Moscow's Kremlin on February 22, 2022. (Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) pose for the media ahead of bilateral talks at the 2022 Munich Security Conference on February 19, 2022, in Munich, Germany. (Getty ImagesV
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) delivers remarks alongside U.S. President Joe Biden during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on February 07, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers his traditional New Year's Address to the people of Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
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Biden comments on the Ukraine-Russia crisis during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 18, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Demonstrators gather at the White House to protest against the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine on February 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets U.S. President Joe Biden during the U.S.-Russia Summit 2021 at the La Grange Villa near the Geneva Lake, on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
