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Peace activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and U.S. President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Jan. 29, 2021. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

The West is with Ukraine. The rest, not so much

Africa and Asia’s long-standing ties to Russia and resentments against Washington keep them on the fence—for now.

Tony Blair . Photo: Collected
Politics

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar 7, 2022 in this still image taken from video. Ukrainian President Office/Reuters TV/REUTERS
Europe

'Stop playing' with Russia, end war: Zelenskiy tells West

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 26. VLADIMIR ASTAPKOVICH/SPUTNIK/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

The West vs the rest

Putin puts West on notice: Moscow can terminate exports and deals
World+Biz

Putin puts West on notice: Moscow can terminate exports and deals

A model of the natural gas pipeline is placed on Russian Rouble banknote and a flag in this illustration taken, March 23, 2022. REUTERS
World+Biz

Kremlin warns West: rouble-for-gas scheme is the 'prototype'

A model of a pump jack is seen in front of the displayed sign "stop", US and Russia flag colours in this illustration taken 8 March 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
World+Biz

Russia warns the West: our sanctions will hurt you

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Vladislav Deinego, head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, and Sergei Peresada, deputy head of the Foreign Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, in Moscow, Russia February 25, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

No military bases in ex-Soviet countries, Russia tells West

Ukrainian service members ride atop armoured fighting vehicles during tactical drills at a training ground in an unknown location in Ukraine, in this handout picture released February 22, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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West unveils sanctions with more ready if Russia carries out full-scale Ukraine invasion

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Global Economy

Oil rises as Russia-West stand-off alarms tight market

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured) during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 19, 2022. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

West could cut US dollar access for Russian companies, UK's Johnson says

A view shows a freight train transporting Russian military vehicles, which leave the Crimean peninsula towards the Russian mainland along a railway bridge across the Kerch Strait, in this still image taken from video released February 16, 2022. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Russia's military build-up near Ukraine is growing, not shrinking, warns West

A US armed forces' medical helicopter landing at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, as planes continue to bring troops and equipment of the US 82nd Airborne Division. Additional US troops are arriving in Poland after President Joe Biden ordered the deployment of 1,700 and then another 3,000 soldiers here amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some 4,000 US troops have been stationed in Poland since 2017. Photo :UNB/AP
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Ukraine tensions: West skeptical of Russian overtures