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In Beijing, Olympic Spectacle and Global Power Games
BEIJING — China’s leader, Xi Jinping, opened an Olympic Games on Friday intended to celebrate his country’s increasingly assured global…
For Ukraine, Europe Thinks Russia’s Putin Wants More Than War
The answer is surprising, even paradoxical. Europeans and Ukrainians are skeptical of a major Russian invasion in Ukraine not because…
In Clash With U.S. Over Ukraine, Putin Has a Lifeline From China
BEIJING — As the United States moves to exert maximal pressure on Russia over fears of a Ukraine invasion, the…
The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin’s Ear
MOSCOW — The West is legalizing marriage between people and animals. Ukraine’s leaders are as bad as Hitler, and the…
As Russian Troops Mass in Belarus, a Ukraine Border Is Largely Undefended
NOVI YARYLOVYCHI BORDER CROSSING, Ukraine — On the other side of this border in northern Ukraine, not visible through the…
How Putin Is Using Russia’s Military as a Tool for Foreign Policy
Follow the latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.MOSCOW — In the early years of Vladimir V. Putin’s tenure as Russia’s…