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![Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A close-up of a humanoid robot wearing a white helmet and blue visor at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. (Source: Russian media)]( "A close-up of a humanoid robot wearing a white helmet and blue visor at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. (Source: Russian media)")
![Journalists work at computer terminals in the media conference center in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Illustrative photo.]( "Journalists work at computer terminals in the media conference center in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Illustrative photo.")
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![Black smoke rises after Ukraine reportedly launched unmanned aerial vehicle attacks on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 3, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "St. Petersburg Faces Widespread Mobile Internet Disruptions During International Economic Forum")
![Vladimir Putin Russian economy Political stability Economic decline]( "Putin Promised Stability and Growth In Exchange for Power. Now Russia Has Neither")
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The deal that sustained Vladimir Putin’s rule in Russia for more than two decades is breaking apart.![Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces' Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missile launcher is put back in its place at the defense ministry in Tokyo on April 5, 2009.]( "Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces' Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missile launcher is put back in its place at the defense ministry in Tokyo on April 5, 2009.")
![Fuel prices are displayed at a Shell gas station in St. Petersburg, Russia on March 6, 2022. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "St. Petersburg Faces Fuel Supply Problems as Gas Stations Restrict Gasoline Sales")
![Students from Murmansk visited the submarine base in Gadzhievo, where what appears to be anti-drone nets can be seen covering the vessels. (Photo: Russian media)]( "Russian Northern Fleet Deploys Anti-Drone Nets Over Submarines")
![Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Hungary Lifts Veto on €6.6 Billion in EU Military Aid for Ukraine")
![The Russian Central Bank. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s Key State Bank Prepares Massive Layoffs Amid Economic Strain")
![Russian students attend a lecture. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Mandates Ideological Training for All University Students")
![The blazon at the entrance of the Russian Embassy in Helsinki. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Finland Seizes €3.7 million in Russian Assets to Compensate Naftogaz")
![Inna Deriglazov, Russian fencer. (Source: Getty Images)]( "International Fencing Federation Reverses Sanctions Against Russian and Belarusian Teams")
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