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The Hi-Tech Traditionalist: The End Of The Russian Empire?
The Hi-Tech Traditionalist: The End Of The Russian Empire?
One of the reasons the blow up between Russia and Turkey did not last very long is that both sides realized the economic cost of bad relations was too much to bear. Turkey lost billions on tourism and farm exports. Russia lost a chance to move hydrocarbons around Ukraine. The…
With a half-million protesters in the streets of Bucharest on the sixth day of public anger, the largest demonstrations since the end of communism, the left of center government of Romania vowed today to stay in power. However, there were signs of weakened support for the revision of the anti-corruption…
The former Soviet republic of Latvia will dismantle the last of Soviet missile silos in the northeast of the country, reports the online portal, Delfi. The Dvina R-12 Missile Compound houses four silos that will be dismantled and the land used for other purposes. They shafts are 32 meters deep….
The newly elected president of the United States finally called Petro Pororshenko, president of Ukraine. Trump has made multiple, very public comments regarding his desire to improve relations with Ukraine’s arch nemesis, the Russian Federation. It is telling that Trump waited almost a week before speaking to Poroshenko after calling…
The office of Polish President Andrzej Duda has been assured by the Trump administration of a continued U.S. armor presence in Eastern Europe, and Poland especially. President Trump’s comments on NATO members needing to pay their fair share of defense costs have rattled the alliance. Duda’s foreign policy aide, Krzysztof…
Oleg Anashchenko, military chief of Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), was killed in a car bomb attack in Luhansk recently. He died instantly. LPR officials accused Ukrainian intelligence operatives for the incident. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement. Mr Marochko said “Ukrainian secret services” were suspected of being behind the attack,…
Of the six original countries targeted in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership, five are involved in ‘frozen’ conflicts with the Kremlin. Belarus, the sixth, is ruled by strong man Alexander Lukashenko. However, Belarus is involved in a conflict with Moscow, just not a military one. Moscow is once again using…
Russia Emerging From Recessionary Deep Freeze.