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![People walk past an apartment building with a deceptive facade painted on the wall in the town of Zheleznodorozhny, some 50 kilometers east from Moscow on June 3, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "New Russian Law Allows Authorities to Seize Domestic Property of Citizens Living Abroad")
![An overview of a petrol station in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An overview of a petrol station in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![The general view from the building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, Russia on April 5, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Imposes Entry Ban on Five British Nationals, Including The Washington Post Journalist")
![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.")
![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")
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