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![The Russian presidential Ilyushin Il-96 airplane is seen at Galeão Air Base ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 17, 2024. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The Russian presidential Ilyushin Il-96 airplane is seen at Galeão Air Base ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 17, 2024. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A man looks at the flight schedule timetables at the Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow on February 11, 2018. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A man looks at the flight schedule timetables at the Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow on February 11, 2018. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The final parts of the second battery of the Russian S-400 missile defense system arrive at Murted Airbase in Ankara, Türkiye, on September 15, 2019.]( "The final parts of the second battery of the Russian S-400 missile defense system arrive at Murted Airbase in Ankara, Türkiye, on September 15, 2019.")
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![Smoke rises in the distance behind residential high-rises following a reported drone strike on Moscow region overnight August 18, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Smoke rises in the distance behind residential high-rises following a reported drone strike on Moscow region overnight August 18, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
![Oil tanker Skiros pictured at sea.]( "Oil tanker Skiros pictured at sea.")
![Russian prisoners at a correctional facility during a physical training session.]( "Russian prisoners at a correctional facility during a physical training session.")
![Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov (hull number 431) at sea.]( "Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov (hull number 431) at sea.")
![Happy Kanye activation at Splendor in the Grass 2017 on July 21, 2017, in Byron Bay, Australia.]( "Happy Kanye activation at Splendor in the Grass 2017 on July 21, 2017, in Byron Bay, Australia.")
![Ukrainian anti-drone units down a Russian-launched UAV, which crashes in an agricultural field on August 10, 2025, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (]( "Ukrainian anti-drone units down a Russian-launched UAV, which crashes in an agricultural field on August 10, 2025, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. Illustrative photo. (")
![A sign on the roof of a Rosbank PJSC building. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Banks Shut Record Number of Branches Since 2017")
![A man reads a book in a bookshop in central Moscow. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Prepares Full Control Over Book Publishing Under State Authority")
![Russia Wants Teenagers From Canada, France, Australia, and Beyond at Its State Camps. Here’s Why]( "Russia Wants Teenagers From Canada, France, Australia, and Beyond at Its State Camps. Here’s Why")
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![Photo of Daria Luhova]( "Photo of Daria Luhova")
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Russia has spent years shaping Ukrainian children through militarization and propaganda. This summer, teenagers from Canada, France, Australia, China, Egypt, and other countries seem to have attended one of Russia’s largest state-run children’s camps, where international exchanges are framed around culture, language, and friendship.![Europe Cut Its Russian Gas Dependence. Now Russia Is Targeting the Alternatives in Africa]( "Europe Cut Its Russian Gas Dependence. Now Russia Is Targeting the Alternatives in Africa")
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![Photo of Aliona Chudnovets]( "Photo of Aliona Chudnovets")
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Europe has largely achieved what once seemed impossible: reducing Russia’s share of EU gas imports from 45% to 13%. But diversification alone has not solved the problem of energy security. Europe’s search for new suppliers increasingly leads to Africa, where Russia is systematically trying to make precisely this alternative unviable.
-c776a9f19e502eb99df501efa1ae35fb.jpeg "Smoke rises in the distance behind residential high-rises following a reported drone strike on Moscow region overnight August 18, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-92ecbb2b41f23705e2667acbfda7f06d.jpg "Photo of Aliona Chudnovets")
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