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Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war.
Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters
The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. “Because of other countries’ testing programs,
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Astropolitics After Ukraine: How Sanctions Rewired Russia’s Space Economy
US sanctions on Russia’s space industry triggered a rapid restructuring, focused on domestic production, Chinese cooperation, and new partners across the Global South. Few observers expected Western sanctions to hit Russia’s space sector as hard—or as quickly—as they did in 2022.
Putin’s India visit explores defence, energy and trade ties amid US pressure on Russian oil. The summit could reshape India’s balance between Moscow and Washington.
Editorial written by The Dallas Morning News Board. Since President Donald Trump took office, we have worried that he would leave the brave people of Ukraine to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s brutal intentions.
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Russia’s Hidden Monopoly: The West’s Nuclear Fuel Achilles’ Heel
A lack of domestic sites in which the United States can reprocess nuclear fuel will preclude reaping all of the benefits of nuclear energy.
Russia rained missiles and drones on Kyiv overnight, killing six people, as frantic diplomatic efforts over a draft US plan to end the war intensified.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn’t even make it 4,000 feet.
The Trump administration said on Monday that it was revoking the reinstatement of 14 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who have been on administrative leave since August, when they wrote a letter to Congress warning that President Trump was gutting disaster response in the United States.