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Russia holds the world’s largest nuclear arsenal and a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 reshaped European security, energy markets and sanctions policy, and pushed Moscow into closer alignment with China, Iran and North Korea.
24 political cartoons and analyses since February 2026 · Updated
On 9 October, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General Licence 135, authorising transactions relating to the sale, delivery, offloading or importation — "including into the United States" — of…
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On 7 October 2026, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "We are grateful to our Indian friends for such readiness and the ideas that are being offered." A week earlier, Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha had…
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Standfirst: Zelensky says he will intensify strikes on Russian refineries in response to what he calls Moscow's "new doctrine" of hitting civilian infrastructure.
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24 political cartoons and analyses since February 2026, most often alongside Ukraine, United States and Vladimir Putin.
