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Back to SearchA brief but noteworthy diplomatic meeting between the US and Russia.
The US Secretary of State met with his Russian counterpart for the first time in more than a year. The war in Ukraine has led to a collapse relations…
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The war in Ukraine has caused the biggest upheaval in oil in almost 50 years.
Russia's war in Ukraine has had a profound and permanent shift in the world's oil markets, creating new geopolitical alliances. Analysts say it's com…
3 years, 1 month ago
What has been the war's impact on global food prices?
Russia's war on Ukraine affected grain shipments and raised concerns about a global food crisis. A year later, the worst fears about food prices and …
3 years, 1 month ago
Are the sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine working?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Rachel Ziemba of the Center for a New American Security about whether the more than 11,000 sanctions on Russia are weakeni…
3 years, 1 month ago
What does the rest of the world think about the war in Ukraine?
As Russia's war in Ukraine enters its second year, four NPR correspondents based around the world talk about what the impact has been in their region…
3 years, 1 month ago
How Ukraine's President surprised everyone and rose to the occasion.
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confounded expectations of his leadership qualities, in a transformation with few parallels in modern his…
3 years, 1 month ago
What has a year of war with Ukraine been like inside Russia?
One year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, life in Russia has changed profoundly. Our correspondent in Moscow tells us it is …
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How the citizens of Kherson resisted Russian occupation.
Kherson was the first large city in Ukraine to fall to Russian forces. The historically Russian-speaking city fought back under occupation as ordinar…
3 years, 1 month ago
The man behind the Wagner mercenaries fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
Yevgeny Prigozhin founded the Wagner Group, a mercenary force fighting for Russia in Ukraine. NPR's Charles Maynes has a portrait of Prigozhin from h…
3 years, 1 month ago
Biden's surprise visit to Kyiv. And NATO's disagreements over the war's future.
President Biden made an unannounced trip to Ukraine's capital. And NATO countries have been remarkably united throughout the past year. But there ar…
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