Hanse Mina<p>When Vladimir V. Putin attended the annual summit of Eurasia’s main political and security organization three years ago, the Russian president seemed isolated and on the ropes.</p><p>Now, Mr. Putin’s fortunes have changed — and so has the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-diplomacy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/e</span><span class="invisible">urope/russia-ukraine-putin-diplomacy.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a></p>