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![Moment of the strike on a Russian Pantsir‑S1 air defense system, February 7, 2026. (Source: Ukraine’s Military Intelligence)]( "Moment of the strike on a Russian Pantsir‑S1 air defense system, February 7, 2026. (Source: Ukraine’s Military Intelligence)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin stands beside a scale model of the Ukrainian-built An‑74 aircraft during the MAKS‑2007 International Aviation and Space Salon at Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, August 21, 2007. (Photo: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin stands beside a scale model of the Ukrainian-built An‑74 aircraft during the MAKS‑2007 International Aviation and Space Salon at Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, August 21, 2007. (Photo: Getty Images)")
![US President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, during Ukraine peace talks on August 15, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)]( "US President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, during Ukraine peace talks on August 15, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)")
![Afghan workers]( "Putin Boosts Foreign Worker Recruitment in Bid to Save the Russian Economy")
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While migrants across Russia are freely branded нерусский—non-Russian, unworthy of full belonging—Putin is cutting labor deals with Azerbaijan and other non-Slavic nations to rescue his collapsing workforce.![Burnt Russian military equipment lines a road near Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region following a surprise Ukrainian incursion in August 2024. (Photo: Getty Images)]( "Burnt Russian military equipment lines a road near Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region following a surprise Ukrainian incursion in August 2024. (Photo: Getty Images)")
![A large warehouse complex burns following a reported Russian drone strike during the overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy and logistics infrastructure. (Photo: DSNS Kyiv Region)]( "A large warehouse complex burns following a reported Russian drone strike during the overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy and logistics infrastructure. (Photo: DSNS Kyiv Region)")
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