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Russia’s Putin meets Saudi crown prince in whirlwind Gulf visit
This handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) walking with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a welcoming ceremony in the capital Riyadh on December 6, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Saudi Arabia on December 6 after visiting the United Arab Emirates, making a rare trip abroad as Moscow seeks to reassert itself on the global stage. (Photo by SPA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SPA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/SPA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 56 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow
People walk past a snow hill at Red Square in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower after a heavy snowfall in Moscow on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Putin orders the Russian military to add 170,000 troops for a total of 1.32 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a video address to participants of the 2nd National Healthcare Congress at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Putin on Friday ordered the country's military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, following a mass strike on Kyiv
A Ukrainian serviceman stands atop a damaged kindergarten following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Russia launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Saturday morning, military officials said. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control
Flags flutter as the NATO foreign ministers' meeting takes place at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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Two Russian-Canadians charged with shipping electronics to aid Moscow’s war on Ukraine
(FILES) A view of the State Duma building, the lower chamber of Russia's parliament, in central Moscow on October 27, 2022. Russian lawmakers voted on October 17, 2023 to revoke Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, moving closer to abandoning a landmark agreement that prohibits the testing of nuclear weapons. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia passes law pulling ratification of nuclear test ban treaty
This handout picture taken and released by the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, on October 25, 2023 shows senators attending a session in Moscow. The Federation Council voted to revoke Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, moving closer to abandoning a landmark agreement that prohibits the testing of nuclear weapons. The Senators passed the bill unanimously by 156 votes, paving the way for Vladimir Putin to sign it, which is hardly in doubt, given that the Russian President was behind the initiative. (Photo by Handout / Russia's Federation Council / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Russia's Federation Council" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Russia's Federation Council/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hamas’s attack has opened up another front in the growing war against liberal democracy
Chris Alexander
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Russian-American journalist charged in Russia with failing to register as a ‘foreign agent’
In this handout frame released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva pose for a photo during a work break at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. A Russian-American journalist working for a U.S. government-funded media company has been detained in Russia and charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for alleged spying in March.(Claire Bigg/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via AP)
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Qatar helping four Ukrainian children return home from Russia
A 7-year-old Ukrainian boy, who is the first child released under a new mechanism Qatar has set up with the goal of repatriating children from Russia to Ukraine, stands with his grandmother while interacting with Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova and a Qatari diplomat in this handout image taken at Qatar's embassy in Moscow, Russia October 13, 2023. Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS
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Russia’s Putin visits Kyrgyzstan in first foreign trip since ICC arrest warrant
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov during a meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan October 12, 2023. Sputnik/Dmitry Azarov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russia and Saudi Arabia discuss oil market, prices amid Israel-Hamas war
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak attend a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
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Russia plans to pull out of nuclear test ban treaty, envoy says
FILE - In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP television on Thursday, March 1, 2018 , a truck carrying Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile drives through a forest at an undisclosed location in Russia. Putin announced Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, that Russia has effectively completed the development of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile and will work on putting them into production. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP, File)
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Putin orders regulated prices for fuel oil, Russia’s export ban stays
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video link with officials during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first shipment of fuel to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, in Sochi, Russia, October 5, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander Troshev
In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) attends a meeting with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (2R) and chairman of the League for Protecting Interests of Veterans of Local Wars and Military Conflicts, Andrei Troshev (R) at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia’s top oil and gas chiefs to accompany Putin on visit to China next month, sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with winners of the High Tech Championship at the innovative scientific-technological centre "Intelligent Electronics - Valdai", in Veliky Novgorod, Russia September 21, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Putin accepts invitation to visit China in October after meeting Chinese foreign minister in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands before a meeting at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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