Nobel economist Paul Krugman says Putin's plot to weaponize natural gas prices is a failure, and Russia's superpower status is a facade

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Eurasian Economic Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 9, 2022.

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Putin is still worried about COVID-19 and makes his staff quarantine for weeks, says an elite Russian security officer who defected

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 30, 2022.

Putin lives in an 'information vacuum' and never uses a cellphone or the internet, a Russian intelligence officer who defected says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Africa International Parliamentary Conference, on March 20, 2023 in Moscow.

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Putin hits back at claims by 'jealous people' that Russia is becoming dependent on China, days after meeting with Xi Jinping

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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Putin plans to store tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 15, 2018.

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Russian recruits are making videos directly addressed to Putin begging for more support amid 'meat assaults'

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A new army conscript waves goodbye as he sets off with a train to the military site in St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 27, 2021.

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300,000 new troops couldn't get Russia's big offensive to work, and sending more to the front probably won't help, war experts say

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer cannon aimed at Russian positions on the front line nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 17, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a howitzer cannon aimed at Russian positions on the front line nearby Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 17, 2023.

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At a high-stakes meeting in Moscow, China has to decide whether Putin's failure in Ukraine means it's time to cross a red line

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China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin together in Moscow on March 20, 2023.

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The war in Ukraine has created more refugees than the world has seen since WWII, according to a new UN report

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Ukraine flag over rubble.

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Biden says Putin's international arrest warrant from the ICC is 'justified,' even though the US doesn't recognize the court

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President Joe Biden.

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