The export of Russian weapons has been critical to Russia’s economy since the imposition of Western economic sanctions for Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and the collapse of crude oil prices on global markets. China has become Russia’s largest customer of armaments, as Russia attempts to replace lost hydrocarbon…
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Former Russian economic minister Alexei Kudrin, once Vladimir Putin’s golden boy, said today that the Russian government has not faced economic realities regarding the economy and the federal budget. “The price of oil fell, we don’t have enough income, and there are problems with growth factors,” Mr. Kudrin told his…
Russia and OPEC have been coordinating recently to attempt to raise the price of crude oil on international markets as the current low prices have devastated the budgets and economies of most oil-producing states like the Russian Federation. The coordinated effort has had limited success. Russia’s Economic Development Minister Aleksey…
Something happened the day in 2012 when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev passed on to President Vladimir Putin the notorious private message President Obama had asked him to convey — “Tell Vladimir I’ll be more flexible after the election.” That is the exact moment, I believe, when Mr. Putin concluded…
Originally posted in The Baltic Times Duplication of the Crimean conflict in the Baltic countries is impossible, furthermore, there is no separatist sentiment in the region, Russian Ambassador to Estonia Alexander Petrov believes. “Could such a situation be transplanted to the Baltic region? It seems an entirely unrealistic scenario to…
“Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will be received by Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, and the situation of Christians in the Middle East and in Europe will be discussed, the head of the Patriarch’s press service said on Monday,” reports Russian State News Agency TASS. “It is expected…
Confrontation with the United States is not among Russian Federation’s intentions, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee, told Rossiya 24 TV channel in an interview broadcast on Sunday, reports Russian State News Agency TASS. “The direct war between Russia and the United States is the most…
The Russian military is actively looking at returning to former Soviet bases around the world. Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov has told State Duma legislators, “We are working on this, we do see this problem,” he said in response to a question about whether the military authority planned to reopen…
The Czech government has approved a plan to help fight Islamic State militants as NATO member countries look to deepen involvement against the terrorist group. The deployment will be comprised of medical personnel and additional military instructors being sent to Iraq. “Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka announced the movement of forces…