List of ukraine-russia articles
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Blinken arrives in Australia U.S. Indo-Pacific Power Depends on Restraint in Ukraine
Washington must reassure Quad partners that it won’t be distracted in Europe.
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U.S. President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Kyiv’s Mixed Messaging Is Rooted in Domestic Worries
Ukrainians fear Washington will pressure them into accepting unwanted deals.
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko salutes troops during joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises in 2017. Western Officials Warn Russia’s Troops in Belarus Could Be Permanent
Russian forces are in Belarus for military exercises. Will they ever leave?
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Putin and Xi at their summit in Beijing Don’t Buy the Xi-Putin Hype
Beijing went out of its way to downplay the summit's significance, revealing a potential wedge for the West.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin Macron and Putin Meet in Bid to Defuse Russia-Ukraine Crisis
The French president wants to assert European leadership. But he’s still got an election to win.
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Modi and Putin in Russia India Has Its Own Ideas About Russia and Ukraine
New Delhi likes the idea of a sphere of influence—but has good reasons to worry about a European conflict.
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A man lights a candle in an Orthodox Christian church in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24. Russia and Ukraine Are Trapped in Medieval Myths
A shared past underpins—and worsens—the conflict.
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Putin and the chess metaphor Why the Chess Metaphor for Putin Is Wrong
The problem with Russia is not a game.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. China Can’t Carry the Russian Economy
Putin’s courting of Beijing has paid more diplomatic than economic dividends.
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Prague residents surround Soviet tanks in Prague on Aug. 21, 1968 as the Soviet-led invasion by the Warsaw Pact armies crushed the so called Prague Spring reform in former Czechoslovakia. False-Flag Invasions Are a Russian Specialty
Ukraine wouldn’t be the first place that Russia’s military started a war by faking an attack.
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Biden and Putin at U.S.-Russian summit With Putin, Biden Should Channel His Inner Realist
A contest of ideas is hobbling U.S. policy in the standoff over Ukraine.
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LNG tanker Biden’s LNG Plans Can’t Save Europe This Winter
Europe is too dependent on Russian gas for emergency shipments to help.
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Ukrainian servicemen taking part in the armed conflict with Russia-backed separatists in the country's Donetsk region march in Kiev on November 15, 2018 prior to the handover ceremony of military heavy weapons and equipment. Russia Couldn’t Occupy Ukraine if It Wanted to
The Russian military has too much experience to think a full-scale invasion is a good idea.
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A map shows the course of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany on the exterior of an informational booth close to the receiving station for Nord Stream 2 on Feb. 2 near Lubmin, Germany. Will Germany Hobble Western Sanctions Against Russia?
Attempts to punish Putin won’t succeed without hitting the energy sector—but sanctioning Russian oil and gas is unthinkable for many in Europe.
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A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a U.S. flag. Lithuanian Lawmakers Call for Permanent U.S. Troop Presence
The country’s request has taken on renewed urgency amid Russia’s troop buildup.
