Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in December 2018.

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Some of Russia's longtime allies have snubbed the country and Putin since the Ukraine invasion. Once-subservient allies are growing bolder, seeing Russia struggle to subdue a small neighbor. Large powers like China and India are charting an ambivalent path.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been a popular figure around the world...

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