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Russia's Soviet-era military stockpile running low, faces equipment shortages, media reports
Russia has depleted much of its Soviet-era military-industrial stockpile, with remaining equipment in poor condition, the ...
Serge Schmemann: A secret cable and a clue to where U.S-Russia relations went wrong
What went awry? Putin is the main culprit for Russia’s return to authoritarianism, aggression and hostility to the West. But ...
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Putin’s war machine slowing down as Soviet-era weapons dry up - Russian media
The Cold War-era stockpiles were originally intended for a global conflict with the capitalist bloc. A significant portion ...
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.
The moment that set the vector for Vladimir Putin’s presidency going forward, and put Russia on the course to dictatorship
In his 2005 speech, Vladimir Putin’s statement that ‘the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical ...
The block of land in Europe owned by Russia - despite being 270 miles from rest of country
Kaliningrad Oblast is the westernmost point of the Russian Federation. It is a semi-enclave on the Baltic Sea beside Poland and Lituania.
Putin is revving up Russia’s nostalgia machine
Nina L. Khrushcheva is a professor of international affairs at The New School and the co-author (with Jeffrey Tayler) of In ...
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Ukraine uses souped-up Soviet-era weapons to defend a vital river from Russia
As Ukraine's line of defense grows thin, this unit is using a modernized Soviet-era vehicle to stop Russian forces from ...