Two decades on from its emergence as a marketing ploy, the concept has enjoyed an unlikely upturn By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

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Berlin announced a new batch of military support for Kiev on the eve of the Orthodox Christian holiday Germany’s decision to provide Ukraine with Marder infantry fighting vehicles and a US-made Patriot air defense system will only add fuel to the conflict, Russia’s embassy in Berlin warned on Friday.