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China Sets Its Price for Russian Gas — and It’s Punishingly Low
Putin is taking ritual steps so that Trump keeps his position, counting on another winter of strikes on Ukraine's energy system. But after the US…
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What Moscow doesn't know about its own oil refineries
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What is Actually Happening in Crimea
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How Russia lost an entire division's worth of soldiers in a single year
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The mobilization will not be televised. It will just happen
It is the fundamental error of the West to assume Putin is looking for a way out. He thinks he just has to hold on a little longer, and then everything…
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Weekly Q&A: Why Is Trump Siding With Putin?
Topics of this week include: Trump's diesel deal with Putin and his attack on Zelensky, Ukraine's strikes on Russian data centers, Europe's plans to…
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Putin Is Betting on Winter and on Europe's Far Right. Both Bets Will Fail
Putin hopes to break Ukraine this winter and to find friendlier governments in Europe next year. Meanwhile, Gerhard Schröder has taken a new job in…
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No War, No Putin: Why a Peace Treaty with Him Would Be Self-Deception
At the Warsaw Security Forum, I explained why signing a lasting treaty with Putin would be self-deception, where his regime is vulnerable, and what…
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On Trump's Plan to Trade Sanctions for Political Prisoners
Trump has reportedly backed a plan to ease sanctions on Russia in exchange for political prisoners. In Belarus, the money from such deals ends up in…
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Could a machine give Russia’s nuclear launch order?
Russia hid its doomsday nuclear retaliation system in a giant bunker under a mountain. One of its developers says it can now retaliate without human…
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The New Russia Sanctions Look Tough. Are They?
The measures look very tough. But Trump has considerable freedom over how he uses them.
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