Putin's KGB past is key to grasping what he might do next in his failing Ukraine war, ex-spies say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin in Saint Petersburg on October 9, 2022.

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Ukrainian forces are training on fast and well-armed Leopard tanks in Spain, prime minister says

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A German Leopard 2A6 tank fires at its target during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12, 2017.
A German Leopard 2A6 tank fires at its target during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12, 2017.

US Army photo by Spc. Nathanael Mercado

Wall Street's elite investors are privately warning that the stock market is headed for another scary plunge

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A surprised Wall Street bull about to be hit by a big, red boomerang
Wall Street was lulled into a false sense of security, according to the investing world's elite, and this complacency will make the coming stock market reversal even more excruciating.

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China to reveal a peace plan for Ukraine as one-year anniversary of Russian invasion nears

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Chinese foreign affairs Minister Wang Yi speaks during the 2023 Munich Security Conference on February 18, 2023 in Munich, Germany.
Chinese foreign affairs Minister Wang Yi speaks during the 2023 Munich Security Conference on February 18, 2023 in Munich, Germany.

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A little-know budget airline is flying its new Airbus A330neo between the US and Germany, with business class going for as low as $1,199 one-way — see inside

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Condor's new Airbus A330neo in Frankfurt.
Condor's new Airbus A330neo recently operated its first-ever transatlantic flight, journeying from Frankfurt, Germany, to New York-JFK airport on Monday.

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Ukrainian MP blames looming Russian offensive on Western countries taking months to send tanks: ‘People will die because of this’

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People kneel as the Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Oleh Yurchenko killed in a battlefield with Russian forces in the Donetsk region during a commemoration ceremony in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of a comrade killed in the Donetsk region, January 8, 2023.

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Germany, the US, and the UK are sending armored vehicles to Ukraine. Here's how the Leopard 2A6, M1 Abrams, and other NATO tanks compare.

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Leopard 2 A6 tank.
A Leopard 2A6 main battle tank participates in winter military exercises in Letzlingen, Germany.

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German chancellor's indecision on sending tanks to Ukraine has created a new word in Western war room politics: Scholzing

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz listens while attending a conference about Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, on October 25, 2022.

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A 75-year-old woman who led far-right extremists accused of an elaborate coup plot to topple the German government

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Demonstration of right-wing extremists and so-called
Demonstration of right-wing extremists and so-called "Reich Citizens" in Germany's capital in 2022.

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Germany has at last offered to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, and a big batch of US Abrams are going that way too

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The Leopard 2A7 main battle tank of the German Armed Forces participates in the
The Leopard 2A7 main battle tank of the German Armed Forces participates in the "Land Operations" military exercises during a media day at the Bundeswehr training grounds on October 14, 2016 near Bergen, Germany.

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