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A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have ...
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The Collapse of Russia Has Just Begun

Key Points and Summary - Vladimir Putin's "colossal error" in Ukraine is setting the stage for a potential collapse of the ...
Trump is keen to be a peacemaker. An additional push by Washington at this point could result in a historic peace between ...
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Putin’s ‘Fanatical’ Ukraine War is Destroying Russia

Despite a recent, more aggressive peace overture from President Trump, Vladimir Putin is doubling down on his disastrous war in Ukraine, signaling a commitment driven by “emotional obstinacy.” -The ...
Moscow’s failures will resound beyond the Middle East. Whether the result of Putin’s conscious decision not to intervene or ...
A nuanced assessment holds that, far from “resurrecting” the “Russian empire,” Putin’s provocations are symptoms of an isolated power in decline.
Ukrainian analysts have told Newsweek the move undoes a decade of democratic progress, although its president Volodymyr ...
Azerbaijani-Russian relations face their worst crisis in decades, fueled by geopolitical rivalry, energy competition, media warfare, and Russia’s aggression, culminating in a deadly airliner incident ...
Russia’s presence did not contain or reduce Iran’s influence in Syria but amplified it. ... Russia’s decline as a great power continues unabated due to Turkey and Israel’s operations in Syria.
Instead of reasserting Russia's greatness, then, it looks very likely that Putin has actually hastened his country's decline — both as a place for its citizens to live, and as a player on the ...
The paper notes that as Putin rejects U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace proposals, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities continue to kill civilians, hopes for a ceasefire deal or a reset in Moscow ...
Putin Can't Fix This Easily: Ukraine's innovative use of unmanned maritime drones and long-range missiles has exposed vulnerabilities in traditional naval power, leaving Russia's navy struggling ...