NATO is seeing signs China might help Russia wage its war, but the US has threatened 'serious consequences' if it does

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a news conference during a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 15, 2023.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a news conference during a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 15, 2023.

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Most of Putin's presidental administration is secretly against the Ukraine war but don't dare tell him: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) points to his press secretary Dmitry Pekov in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 9, 2022.

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These battles and major moments have shaped a brutal year of war in Ukraine

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Ukrainian soldiers fire a Pion artillery system at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a Pion artillery system at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.

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Russian mercenary boss passed money laundering checks by using a utility bill in his 81-year-old mother's name, report says

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Prigozhin at a foreign investors meeting in St. Petersburg in 2016.

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Russia says its economy did better than expected, one year into the Ukraine war. But experts say there's a red flag behind the announcement.

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According to Russia's federal statistics service, the country's GDP contracted by 2.1% in 2022, better than previous estimates.

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India is trying to get G20 countries to follow Putin's instruction not to refer to Russia's war in Ukraine as a 'war,' reports say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India in September 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India in September 2022.

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The average life expectancy of a frontline soldier in eastern Ukraine is around 4 hours, an American fighting in 'the meat grinder' says

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A Ukrainian soldier fires toward Russian positions outside Bakhmut, Ukraine, on November 8.

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A missile system was spotted nearby as Putin spoke for just 4 minutes in Moscow, showing how the Russian city is becoming a wartime capital

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia's 'Satan 2' Sarmat missile can carry more than a dozen nuclear warheads and destroy entire cities - if it ever works

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Russia's Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile launches in Russia's northwest region of Plesetsk, on April 20, 2022.

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These 2 charts show that investors are more scared of Jerome Powell than they are of Vladimir Putin

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

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