Russia’s Rise
A huge Russian flag hanging on the Moskva Hotel's facade at the central Manezhnaya Square just outside the Kremlin in Moscow on March 6, 2012. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
A huge Russian flag hanging on the Moskva Hotel's facade at the central Manezhnaya Square just outside the Kremlin in Moscow on March 6, 2012. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a ceremony formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy, at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Sept. 30, 2022. (Grigory Sysoyev/Sputnik…