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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Vietnam’s President To Lam during an official visit at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on June 20, 2024. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

Why Russia still has friends on the world stage

While most European nations are on board with western sanctions, countries in the Global South have maintained economic and political links with Russia.
Cups depicting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2022. The words on the Putin cup reads ‘The most polite man.’ (AP Photo)

Is Putin drawing inspiration from Stalin’s military purge? Despite parallels, probably not

Although tempting to make the comparison, Vladimir Putin’s recent military purge doesn’t appear to be a replay of Stalin’s infamous purge in 1937.
The national flags of some NATO countries fly during an Air Force exercise in Germany on June 11, 2024. Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images

Joining NATO binds countries to defend each other – but this commitment is not set in stone

NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in a particular conflict.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after placing flowers at a memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2024. Blinken told Ukrainians that billions of dollars in American military aid is on the way after months of political delays. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Delays in western aid have put Ukraine in a perilous position

The Russia-Ukraine war over the past several months has been described as a stalemate and Russia’s latest offensive as a ploy. If so, it’s proving to be a successful one, and here’s why the West is to blame.

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