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FILE - In this June 28, 2021, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via video conference in Moscow, Russia. Daily coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit another record, Friday, July 16. It’s the fourth straight day of record number of deaths since the start of the pandemic(Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia to unveil new fighter jet at Moscow’s air show

By Associated Press

From left, Mohammad Naim, Mawlawi Shahabuddin Dilawar and Suhil Shaheen, members of a political delegation from the Afghan Taliban's movement, attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Taliban say they now control 85% of Afghanistan’s territory

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, March 18, 2021, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, center, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for an international peace conference in Moscow, Russia. A delegation of the Taliban visited Moscow on Thursday, July 8, 2021 to offer assurances that their quick gains in Afghanistan don't threaten Russia or its allies in Central Asia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Taliban visit Moscow to say their wins don’t threaten Russia

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual live call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Speaking in a live call-in program, Putin has voiced hope that the country could avoid a nationwide lockdown amid a surge of new infections. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: U.S. aircraft involved in Black Sea incident

By Daria Litvinova and Vlad Isachenkov - Associated Press

People, most of them without face masks, walk at Red Square during sunset in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 24, 2021. An ambitious plan of vaccinating 30 million Russians by mid-June against the coronavirus has fallen short by a third, and the country has started to see a surge in daily new infections. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia mandates vaccinations for some as coronavirus cases surge

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

In this April 22, 2021, file photo provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian military vehicles prepare to be loaded into a plane for airborne drills during maneuvers in Crimea. Earlier this year, Russia bolstered its forces near Ukraine and warned Kyiv that it could intervene militarily if Ukrainian authorities try to retake the rebel-controlled east. Moscow also has bristled at NATO’s joint drills with Ukraine, saying they reflect the alliance’s aggressive intentions. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia fires warning shots to deter U.K. warship in Black Sea; London denies it

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 5) for missile early-warning detection, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Space Force set to defend cislunar space, counter China and Russia’s joint effort

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after his meeting with U.S President Joe Biden at the "Villa la Grange" in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-U.S. counterintel chief: Russia could halt cyber strikes ‘in one moment’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this March 10, 2011, file photo, then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. Central and Eastern European nations are anxious about the Wednesday, June 16, 2021, summit meeting between now-U.S. President Biden and Putin, wary of what they see as hostile intentions from the Kremlin. (RIA Novostia/Alexei Druzhinin/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

China’s rise colors Biden-Putin summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. The Biden administration faces increasing pressure to respond to a sharply growing number of reported injuries suffered by diplomats, intelligence officers and military personnel that some suspect are caused by devices that emit waves of energy that disrupt brain function. The problem has been labeled the “Havana Syndrome,” because the first cases affected personnel in 2016 at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

CIA victim of ‘Havana Syndrome’ blames Kremlin: ‘Russians are very aggressive’ against U.S. gov’t

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) ** FILE **

For CIA, protecting defectors is a daunting task

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia’s Alexei Navalny asks court to end prison security checks

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 26, 2021, file photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses Parliament in Minsk, Belarus. Lukashenko defended the diversion of a commercial flight carrying dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich to Minsk, where he was arrested on Sunday, May 23, 2021. The diversion triggered bruising European Union sanctions and Lukashenko accused the West of trying to &quot;strangle&quot; his country. (Sergei Shelega/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Belarus’ leader seeks Russia’s support amid showdown with EU

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Sergei Ilyin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Russia in line to take control of Arctic Council

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A soldier walks at a radar facility on the Alexandra Land island near Nagurskoye, Russia, Monday, May 17, 2021. Once a desolate home mostly to polar bears, Russia's northernmost military outpost is bristling with missiles and radar and its extended runway can handle all types of aircraft, including nuclear-capable strategic bombers, projecting Moscow's power and influence across the Arctic amid intensifying international competition for the region's vast resources. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic

By Kostya Manenkov and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press