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![Russia Turns to Criminals for Hire After Europe Expels Its Spies, MI5 Warns]( "Russia Turns to Criminals for Hire After Europe Expels Its Spies, MI5 Warns")
![Moscow Mission Control Center as the spacecraft approaches for docking, Friday, June 8, 2018 in Korolev, Russia. Illustrative image. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Moscow Mission Control Center as the spacecraft approaches for docking, Friday, June 8, 2018 in Korolev, Russia. Illustrative image. (Source: Getty Images)")
![North Korean missile system resembling Russia’s Hermes displayed at a military exhibition in October 2026. (Source: KCNA)]( "North Korean missile system resembling Russia’s Hermes displayed at a military exhibition in October 2026. (Source: KCNA)")
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![Russia’s Military Is Expanding Across Africa. Suspiciously, So Is Its Church]( "Russia’s Military Is Expanding Across Africa. Suspiciously, So Is Its Church")
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Russia’s Orthodox Church has grown to around 350 parishes across Africa in just four years. Now, as questions mount over its links to Moscow’s military presence, the Church insists: “We don’t recruit Africans for military service.”![Police participate in the commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising at the Main Market Square in Krakow, Poland, on August 1, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Police participate in the commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising at the Main Market Square in Krakow, Poland, on August 1, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The commercial vessel Chelsea-3, one of the ships reported struck near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. (Source: Social media)]( "The commercial vessel Chelsea-3, one of the ships reported struck near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. (Source: Social media)")
![Concept rendering of a mobile nuclear microreactor at a military base. Illustrative image. (Source: General Atomics)]( "Concept rendering of a mobile nuclear microreactor at a military base. Illustrative image. (Source: General Atomics)")
![Military personnel take part in the NATO Steadfast Dart - 2025 military drill near the village of Tsrancha some 140 kilometers of capital Sofia, Bulgaria on 13 February 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Military personnel take part in the NATO Steadfast Dart - 2025 military drill near the village of Tsrancha some 140 kilometers of capital Sofia, Bulgaria on 13 February 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin aims at a target with a replica of a Kalashnikov assault rifle in Moscow on April 26, 2012.]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin aims at a target with a replica of a Kalashnikov assault rifle in Moscow on April 26, 2012.")
![Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3 at a Romanian port, Sulina, July 7, 2026.]( "Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3 at a Romanian port, Sulina, July 7, 2026.")
![Oil tanker DF Peak. Illustrative image. (Source: VesselFinder)]( "French Navy Boards Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker 450 Miles South of Réunion Island")
![Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Deloitte Erased $672M in Assets for Oligarch Abramovich, Investigation Reveals")
![Vietnamese tourists take photos in front of a Soviet-era mural depicting installed at the Kievskaya metro station, on May 15, 2026 in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Putin Opens Borders to Vietnamese Travelers for 30 Days as Moscow Expands Ties")
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