Putin Promises To Spend Less On Guns, More On Butter
Putin Promises To Spend Less On Guns, More On Butter.
Putin Promises To Spend Less On Guns, More On Butter.
With the Russian economy still teetering on the edge of positive growth, and with oil prices remaining in the $60 range, the Russian Finance Ministry plans to issue additional eurobonds this year to take advantage of market demand and fill holes in the federal budget. Russia has a reputation of…
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Image by Unw®ecker Figures released for January show the Russian Federation has been buying gold, a lot of it. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been keen to reduce Russia’s exposure to the Western, dollarized, financial system. The Bank of Russia has set up swap lines direct with other economically powerful…
Image by Egor Gribanov Working on one of my final stories as the Guardian and Observer’s Moscow correspondent, I took my seat at the Bolshoi Theatre one evening last December for the premiere of Nureyev. The ballet told the story of superstar dancer Rudolf Nureyev, who defected from the Soviet…
Moscow cancelled Maslenitsa Festivities, which celebrate the last week before Lent and the upcoming long fast, due to the crash of a Saratove airlines flight shortly after take off from Domodedovo Airport, on the way to the Russian city of Omsk. 71 people on board ranging from age 5 to…
Image by sovraskin Russia called in the army to help reign in chaos in the capital city of Moscow as the ‘storm of the century’ dumped record amounts of snow, paralyzing the population. “Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Sunday that 100 engineer brigade troops, two military graders and a tractor had…