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Photo: NANCHANG, CHINA- In the photos taken on February 17, 2020, staff members test the equipment on the China-Europe freight train at the Xiangtang railway port in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, east China, on February 17 2020. The China-Europe freight train to Moscow from Russia and Minsk from Belarus left Nanchang on Monday (17), which means restoring its regular operation. The freight train carried 41 container wagons, fully loaded with auto parts, mechanical installations and clothing. Credit: Latin American News Agency via Reuters. 
Circumventing Russia
August 31, 2022
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Photo: Meeting of the Presidents of Iran and Russia. Credit: Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran Website.
The Empires Strike Back: A New Age of Imperialism
August 29, 2022
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Photo: Bulk Carrier M/V Razoni vessel carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn cargo is seen leaving port of Odesa, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on 1 August 2022. The first ship since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, left the port of Odesa, in deal to ease global food crisis, with tons of corn to Lebanon. Credit: STR/NurPhoto
Hesitantly, Ukraine’s Grain Begins to Ship
August 4, 2022
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Photo: President Michel meets President of Azerbaijan and PM of Armenia. Credit: European Union.
Eroding the Russian Imperium
August 3, 2022
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Photo: Romanian special forces aboard a fast launch RHIB on the Black Sea. Credit: NATO via Flickr.
NATO — Back in the Black (Sea)?
June 28, 2022
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Photo: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting at the Presidential Complex. Credit: Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye via Twitter.
Russian Propagandists Feast on Turkey’s NATO Ire
May 31, 2022
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Photo: SNMG2 and SNMCMG2 sailing in the Black Sea as part of NATO routine presence. Credit: NATO photo by French Navy WO Christian Valverde / Released via Flickr.
Russia’s Hunger Blockade
May 23, 2022
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Photo: Pictured Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Emmanual Macron at the signing of the Agreement on the establishment of a strategic partnership for cooperation in defense and security. Credit: kyriakos_ via Instagram.
Russia’s Eastern Mediterranean Partners Go Slow on War
May 11, 2022
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Photo: File image of Russia Black Sea flagship Moskva (Moscow). Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was being towed to port when "stormy seas" caused it to sink, according to a Russian Ministry of Defense statement on Friday April 15, 2022. However, Ukraine claims that the warship was hit by two anti-air Neptune surface-to-sea missiles (range 300 km), about 25 nautical miles from Snake Island. The 510-crew missile cruiser was a symbol of Russia's military power, leading its naval assault on Ukraine. The 12,490-tonne vessel is the biggest Russian warship to be sunk in action since World War Two. Ukrainian military officials said they struck the Moskva with Ukrainian-made Neptune missiles - a weapon designed after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, and the naval threat to Ukraine in the Black Sea grew. The ship's sinking was described by the US as a big blow, but American officials were unable to confirm whether Ukrainian Neptune missiles were responsible. Credit: Russia MOD/EYEPRESS.
Boiling the Frog — Russia’s Black Sea Aggression Part II, the War
May 6, 2022
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