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Turkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the dust still ...
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Russia’s $10 billion ghost fleet effort to dodge sanctions
According to a recent Reuters report, President Joe Biden's administration plans to impose an additional “substantial package ...
With S-400s Out, Russia’s Days Of Controlling Syria’s Airspace Are Over
The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...
5 important countries for Russia's sanctions-skirting economy
Russia's friends — or frenemies — aren't all pariah states. Some of them enjoy good relations with the West, too.
Russia recruits nine countries for BRICS but fails to convince Saudi Arabia and Turkey to join
Russia, in the final days of its BRICS chairmanship, has succeeded in recruiting nine new partner countries for the ...
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Russia’s economic dilemmas give Trump important leverage in negotiations on Ukraine. But will he use it?
Putin’s government considers inflation an existential threat. But Trump’s preoccupation with China may prevent the US ...
Could Turkey pose as great a nuclear threat as Iran?
Turkey shows increasing signs that it may add to the nuclear crisis in the Middle East by pursuing its own nuclear weapon.
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Ukraine Courts Syria With an Eye Toward Expelling Russia From Kremlin’s Only Mediterranean Redoubts
As Russia clings to its only bases in the Mediterranean — they’re on the coast of Syria — Ukraine is moving aggressively to ...
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Turkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall
Russia and Turkey backed opposing sides in Syria’s civil war that started in 2011, putting them on a collision course. Tensions spiraled when a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian warplane ...