The Biden-Putin summit will be symbolic, rather than substantive - but there could be grounds for cautious optimism.
Combat ready? Colonel General Oleg Salyukov, the head of Russian Ground Forces reviews troops ahead of the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Tensions are high, but a Russian invasion is highly unlikely.
Pro-Russian militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) carrying out military exercises in the Donbas region of Ukraine, January 2021.
EPA-EFE/Dave Mustaine
Seven years on the causes of the war in Ukraine remain disputed. So it’s important to look at a timeline of events.
At the Rose Monday carnival in Düsseldorf, Germany, on February 15, Vladimir Putin was portrayed in an unfortunate posture in front of Alexei Navalny.
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Can the arrival of a new administration in Washington and the demonstrations in Moscow demanding the release of Alexei Navalny destabilize the strongman of Moscow?
Anti-Russian protesters against a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
Russia may not be a foreign policy priority for the incoming Biden administration. But its promise to foreground democracy will put the Kremlin on edge.
Not going away: protesters on August 17 in Minsk.
EPA
Russia’s cabinet resigned Wednesday, and it looked like an unexpected move. But a Russia scholar says it is part of a plan by leader Vladimir Putin to maintain power after he leaves office.
Members of the International Red Crescent collect bodies of victims from Ukranian flight PS752.
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How conspiracy theories, such as the Crowdstrike theory that Ukraine was behind the attack of the Democratic Party’s server, draw from storytelling techniques.
Zelenskiy is facing a tough meeting with Russia’s Putin on Dec. 9.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP
Ukrainians may grudgingly accept compromise plan to resolve separatist conflict, but in so doing they could hand Russia a wedge to drive between them and the West
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump meet the press at the 2019 NATO summit in London.
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci
As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrates its 70th anniversary with a leaders’ meeting in London, five US scholars shed light on NATO’s history and its potential future.
President Donald Trump, during a meeting in the cabinet room at the White House, Washington, Nov. 22, 2019.
AP/Susan Walsh
President Donald Trump and his supporters exhibit the methods of science deniers. Like anti-evolutionists and flat-earthers, they reject what they don’t want to believe and accept what they favor.
Trump: there was no quid pro quo.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has some not-so-funny issues facing him. Having his country ridiculed in the impeachment hearings won’t make solving them easier.
Boris Yeltsin shakes hands with Russia’s most powerful businessmen in Moscow.
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Multiple American presidents have viewed US support of Ukraine’s security and democracy as critical to the national interest. President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine are a major divergence.