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Russia staged its biggest military exercise since the Cold War. China joined in too. The message to the US and the West: We're stronger than you think. Also in this edition: Hungary is held to account; Iran pays the price for people's anger in Iraq; Saudi Arabia's reform process stutters; and Ukraine's churches try to break free from Moscow.
(Picture: Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe at the Vostok military exercises in Siberia.
Credit: AFP/Getty) |