Tag: Military

Interfax: Margelov: Russia needs sufficient potential to defend its geopolitical interests in Arctic

Arctic, Military
Mikhail Margelov file photo

MOSCOW. Dec 6 (Interfax) – Russia must be prepared to confront international rivalry in the Arctic, which is a priority of its geopolitical agenda, Federation Council International Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov told Interfax. “This is a topical agenda considering the expected effects of global warming on the Arctic zone. It is necessary to maintain the combat potential of the […]

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Interfax: NATO’s refusal to adapt CFE harms conventional arms control – Grushko

Military, NATO
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

BRUSSELS. Dec 2 (Interfax) – The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) cannot be restored the way it used to be; the treaty became totally obsolete, which was declared back in 1996 when a decision on the parameters of its crucial modernization was made, Russian Permanent Representative to NATO Alexander Grushko told Interfax in Brussels on Monday. “An […]

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Interfax: Russia’s defense spending to amount to 2.3 trillion rubles in 2013 – Putin

Budget, Military
Russian Nuclear Submarine file photo

SOCHI. Nov 29 (Interfax) – The Russian state is spending huge money on modernizing its armed forces, and therefore all goals that have been set must be attained, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The overall volume of the [Defense] Ministry budget in 2003 was 600 billion rubles, and this year, following the last adjustment of the budget, the expenditures on […]

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Interfax: Militarization of Arctic region is overdramatized – Russian experts

Arctic, Military
File Photo of Polar Bear on Ice and Snow with Water Nearby

MOSCOW. Nov 28 (Interfax) – Experts of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) see no reason to speak about the militarization or a threat of military confrontation in the Arctic region. “This is taken as part of usual measures of each state to ensure its interests, including the military element,” RIAC president Igor Ivanov told a news conference in Moscow […]

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Interfax: Russians like Shoigu as defense minister more than Serdyukov – poll

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

MOSCOW. Nov 28 (Interfax) – Russians are increasingly positive about the situation in the Russian Army now that a year has passed since Sergei Shoigu’s appointment to the post of defense minister, a poll conducted by VTsIOM shows. Shoigu was appointed defense minister on November 6, 2012 after President Vladimir Putin dismissed Anatoly Serdyukov from the post. The respondents, however, […]

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RIA Novosti: Arctic Made Priority for Russian Navy in 2014

Arctic, Military, Oil, Gas, Energy
File Photo of Polar Bear on Ice and Snow with Water Nearby

MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russian naval forces are set to make the Arctic a priority region, boosting combat training and scouting lesser-known areas of the icy territory in 2014, a navy spokesman said Monday. The Northern Fleet will conduct sailing and diving expeditions in the Arctic and develop a series of ice-class patrol ships to protect the country’s […]

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Pentagon Says It Won’t Buy More Russian Copters After Protests

Arms Trade, Military Aid, Military
Russian Helicopter file photo

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Tony Capaccio – November 13, 2013) The Pentagon won’t buy more Mi-17 helicopters from Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned export company, after completing a $572 million contract signed in June, according to a Defense Department spokeswoman. “The department has re-evaluated requirements in consultation with Congress,” spokeswoman Maureen Schumann said in an e-mailed statement. “We currently do not have […]

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Cancerous Corruption Pervades Russia’s Defense Sector

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Military
File Photo of Russian Nuclear Missile on Mobile Launcher Near Woods

(Eurasia Daily Monitor: Volume 10, Issue 203 – Roger McDermott – Jamestown Foundation – jamestown.org – November 12, 2013) Since President Vladimir Putin appointed Sergei Shoigu to be Russia’s defense minister in November 2012, the defense ministry leadership has resorted to Soviet-era “snap inspections” of its Armed Forces to raise combat readiness and gain additional insight into the condition of […]

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RIA Novosti: Sergei Shoigu’s First Year as Defense Minister: Preliminary Results

Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Sergei Shoigu file photo

(RIA Novosti – Aleksey Mukhin – November 5, 2013) A news conference ­ Sergei Shoigu: A year as Defense Minister. Performance results ­ was held at the RIA Novosti multimedia press center. During the event, General Director of the Center for Political Information and Valdai Club expert Alexei Mukhin presented a report on the activities of the Defense Ministry during […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Unprepared for War in Arctic

Arctic, Military
File Photo of Polar Bear on Ice and Snow with Water Nearby

MOSCOW, November 5 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russia is unprepared for a war in the Arctic, a government report says. The country, which has the longest Arctic border, would be unable to quickly respond to an attack in the area, the Regional Development Ministry said in an assessment of risks to economic interests in the Far North. Russia’s northern border checkpoints […]

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Arctic resources: Any competitors in sight for Russia?

Arctic, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Military, Oil, Gas, Energy
File Photo of Polar Bear on Ice and Snow with Water Nearby

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Maria Karnaukh, special to RBTH – November 1, 2013) Many countries would like to tap into the Arctic’s vast hydrocarbon resources, but Russia is the only nation so far to have risked hefty investments in the region. Experts wonder whether Moscow will be successful in selling Arctic oil at $200 or more per […]

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Shoigu Opts for Mystical Defense Plans (Part One); Russian defense expenditures prove too low to maintain sufficient military training levels

Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Eurasia Daily Monitor: Volume 10, Issue 193 – Jamestown Foundation – jamestown.org – Roger McDermott – October 29, 2013) As the anniversary approaches in November 2013, marking one year since President Vladimir Putin sacked Anatoly Serdyukov and appointed Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defense minister, evidence is mounting to indicate that the change may not herald better times for the military. […]

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New defense minister continues dialogue with NATO

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military, NATO
NATO Meeting file photo

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Viktor Litovkin, special to RBTH – October 29, 2013) At a NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels, the Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu offered the international community assistance in destroying Syrian chemical weapons and expressed his hope to resume Russia-NATO dialogue on ABMs in Europe. Last week, Brussels hosted a meeting of the […]

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RIA Novosti: Quarter of Russia’s Budget to Become Classified by 2016

Budget, Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Military, Spies, Spy Allegations
Stylized Artist's Depiction of Shadowy Figures in Dark Coats and Dark Hats, One Carrying a Briefcase

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, October 14, 2013) ­ Almost one-quarter of government spending in Russia is to become classified within the next three years, according to findings by a Moscow research institute that will raise concerns of decreasing economic transparency in a country already plagued by corruption. Vedomosti business daily said in a report Monday, citing a study by the […]

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RIA Novosti: Russian Nuclear Arms, Defence Spending To Rise 50-60 Per Cent Over Three Years

Military, Nuclear, Missile Defense
Russian Nuclear Submarine file photo

(RIA Novosti – Moscow, October 8, 2013) The Russian Federation’s annual spending on the nuclear arms complex is to be increased by more than 50 per cent in the next three years, says the appraisal report by from the State Duma Committee for Defense on the draft federal budget for 2014 and the planning period of 2015 and 2016. It […]

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Putin Outlines Priorities of Russia’s Presidency in CSTO

CIS, Customs Union, Eurasian Union, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military
Map of European Portion of Former Soviet Union

(RIA Novosti – SOCHI, September 23, 2013) ­ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday named Russia’s priorities during its presidency in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a military alliance of former Soviet states. The CSTO Council, the organization’s supreme ruling body comprising leaders of the six member states, gathered in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. Kyrgyzstan handed […]

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Russian premier admits spending on army comes before welfare

Budget, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Human Rights, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Interfax – September 23, 2013) Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev has acknowledged that security and the armed forces are a priority for state spending and social needs will have to take their place in the queue, Interfax news agency reported on 23 September. “I hope that after we complete the reorganization and restructuring of the armed forces, on which we’re […]

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Russia building its military presence in the Arctic

Arctic, Military
Polar Map Showing Permafrost Areas, Adapted From NOAA.gov Graphic

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Dmitry Litovkin, special to RBTH  – September 17, 2013) Petr Veliky, the most powerful ship in the Russian navy, recently crossed the Northern Sea Route for the first time. Although the event was virtually unnoticed amid the escalating military conflict in Syria, pundits believe its implications are also important for international security. The […]

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Interfax: Kremlin aide [Sergei Ivanov]: attempts to export democracy via war don’t work

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military
Sergei Ivanov file photo

(Interfax – STOCKHOLM. September 21, 2013) The Kremlin chief of staff has argued that foreign military intervention can neither democratize countries ruled by dictatorial regimes nor resolve domestic conflicts. “There hasn’t been any more democracy and freedom where military recipes were used, let’s not be hypocritical about that,” Sergei Ivanov said at the Global Strategic Review 2013 conference in Stockholm […]

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Interfax: Russia is restoring its military presence in Arctic, not expanding it – Foreign Ministry

Arctic, Military
File Photo of Polar Bear on Ice and Snow with Water Nearby

(Interfax – MURMANSK, September 19, 2013) The strengthening of any country’s military forces in the Artic is in most cases not targeted against any of the neighbors, Russian Foreign Ministry charge d’affaires Anton Vasilyev said. “If we don’t take into account strategic nuclear weapons, which are an element of a different, global strategic dimension, it’s difficult to speak about any […]

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NEW BOOK: Strategic Cooperation: Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy

CIS, Customs Union, Eurasian Union, Education, Academia, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, History, Soviet Union, International Law
Map of Western CIS/FSU and European Environs

Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 Subject: New book: Strategic Cooperation:  Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy From: Michael Slobodchikoff <mslobodchikoff@troy.edu> Michael O. Slobodchikoff Lecturer of Political Science Troy University Troy, AL TITLE: Strategic Cooperation:  Overcoming the Barriers of Global Anarchy AUTHOR: Michael O. Slobodchikoff PUBLISHER: Lexington Books (2013) ABSTRACT: Power inequalities and mistrust have characterized many interstate relationships. Yet most […]

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Russian territorial integrity must be protected at any cost – poll

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Map of Russia

(Interfax – MOSCOW, September 18, 2013) Russia should be preserved within its current borders at any cost, said 93% of citizens polled by the Public Opinion Foundation in September. Some 57% of 1,000 respondents polled over the phone said there was a threat to Russian territorial integrity. Such answers were mostly given by citizens older than 60 (69%), vocational school […]

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Russia Reopens Military Base to Control Key Part of Arctic – Putin

Arctic, Military
Polar Map Showing Permafrost Areas, Adapted From NOAA.gov Graphic

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, September 16, 2013) ­ Russia will reopen a military base in the New Siberian Islands, an Arctic archipelago north of Yakutia, to secure control of the strategic region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. “Our forces left the area in 1993, and in the meantime it has become a very important point in the Arctic Ocean, […]

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Russians show certain support for military intervention in Syria – polls

Middle East, North Africa, Military, Syria
Syria Map

(Interfax – September 11, 2013) The overwhelming majority of Russians (84 per cent) know or heard about the military conflict in Syria that has been continuing for over two years, privately-owned Russian news agency Interfax reported on 11 September quoting a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation among 1,500 people in 43 constituent parts of Russia on 31 August-1 […]

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RIA Novosti: ‘Boots’ Essential for Security in Russia’s Syria Gambit – Experts

Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, ChemBio, Middle East, North Africa, Military, Syria
File Photo of Bashar al-Assad and Sergei Lavrov

(RIA Novosti – Carl Schreck – WASHINGTON, September 11, 2013) The White House has vowed that no American boots will be on the ground in Syria, but a Russian proposal to seize and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons would almost certainly require an international security force, experts said Wednesday. “Boots on the ground will be necessary. The question is: ‘Where will […]

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The Syrian Alternative/ “A Plea for Caution From Russia” [Putin New York Times Op-Ed]

Chemical Weapons, Biological Weapons, ChemBio, Middle East, North Africa, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Bashar al-Assad and Sergei Lavrov

(kremlin.ru – September 12, 2013, also posted by the New York Times on September 11, 2013, as “A Plea for Caution From Russia” at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html) The article by Vladimir Putin published in The New York Times. Recent events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so […]

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As Syria Rages, U.S. and Russian Chemical Weapons Stockpiles Persist

Military, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Leaning Towards Barack Hussein Obama With Flags Behind Them

(RIA Novosti – WASHINGTON, September 9, 2013) ­ As the United States and Russia lock horns over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the former Cold War foes are still wrestling with the remnants of their own massive chemical stockpiles that they have been working to eliminate for two decades. “They are terribly expensive to maintain and provide good […]

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RIA Novosti: U.S. Wary in Courting Russian Support for Syria Strike – Experts

Middle East, North Africa, Military, Syria, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Syria Map

(RIA Novosti – Carl Schreck – WASHINGTON, September 4, 2013) ­ U.S. officials are likely cautious about disclosing to Russia comprehensive intelligence about an apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria and see little chance of convincing Moscow to accept outside military intervention in the civil war there regardless of the facts on the ground, US national security experts said Wednesday. […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Worried About Strikes on Syria? Not Really

Syria
Syria Map

(RIA Novosti – Alexey Eremenko – August 29, 2013) As US destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean are aiming their cruise missiles at Syrian state targets, what can Moscow ­ which has been vocally opposed to Western military intervention ­ do and how much does it stand to lose? Surprisingly little on both counts, foreign policy experts say. The United States […]

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Russian and American soldiers: Brothers in arms?

Military, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Stylized Russian and U.S. Flags with Number 200, 1807-2007

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Andrei Kislyakov, special to RBTH August 29, 2013) News of American decorations being given to Russian servicemen ­ and reconnaissance officers at that ­ could in no way be called ordinary. Meanwhile, the current geopolitical situation and potential threats to the global community attest to the need to strengthen international military peacekeeping forces […]

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Russia and Ukraine on the Verge of a Decisive Choice

Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian Naval Vessel in Ukrainian Port

(RIA Novosti – August 22, 2013 – Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of the Russia in Global Affairs journal, authoritative source of expertise on Russian foreign policy and global developments) Russian-Ukrainian relations are again at the center of attention. Nothing has happened between Moscow and Kiev in the three years since the signing of the Kharkiv agreement, under which Ukraine extended Russia’s […]

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Investigators Won’t Charge Serdyukov With Graft, Report Says

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Anatoliy Serdyukov file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – August 19, 2013) Military investigators have decided not to open criminal a case that could have seen former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov charged with abusing his position to misappropriate government funds, a news report said Monday The allegations have only deepened the haze of suspicion surrounding Serdyukov, who was fired by President Vladimir Putin in […]

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NATO Avoids ‘Costly’ Russian Transit Hub – Paper

Afghanistan, NATO
NATO Meeting file photo

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, August 15, 2013) A year after Russia opened a transit hub in Ulyanovsk to help in NATO’s pullout from Afghanistan, not a single alliance member has used it, a Russian newspaper said Thursday. “Russian authorities insisted, when opening the hub, that only Russian transport companies service its operations. And they hiked the prices so much that […]

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NATO Pullout From Afghanistan ‘Too Hasty’ – Russian Defense Official

Afghanistan, NATO
Allied Troops on High Ground Overlooking Afghan Valley

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, August 14, 2013) ­ The intended pullout of the NATO-led forces from Afghanistan starting in 2014 is “too hasty,” Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister said Wednesday adding that Russia will reinforce its military bases in Central Asia ahead of the withdrawal. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which has been fighting the radical Islamist Taliban movement in […]

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Thirty Border Conflicts Simmering Among Russia’s Federal Subjects

Chechnya, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas
Map of Russia

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, August 8, 2013) At the present time, there are approximately 30 territorial disputes among Russia’s federal subjects, a situation that makes changing borders anywhere a such an extremely dangerous proposition  that one Moscow commentator calls these conflicts “a slow acting bomb under Russian sovereignty” as a whole. Indeed, Ruslan Gorevoy argues in […]

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Putin Blasts Rogozin Over Rearmament Failures

Military
Dmitry Rogozin file photo

(Eurasia Daily Monitor: Volume 10, Issue 145 – Roger McDermott – Jamestown Foundation – jamestown.org – August 6, 2013) Moscow’s highly ambitious military rearmament plans to 2020 always appeared destined to encounter major setbacks linked to the capacity of the domestic defense industry to deliver the modernization of weapons and equipment for the Armed Forces. However, on July 31, within […]

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Carelessness as a Russian National Trait

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Disasters, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Michael Bohm, Opinion Page Editor – August 2, 2013) Russians have had trouble shaking off one stereotype for centuries: razgildyaistvo, or negligence and carelessness. Razgildyaistvo, some say, is as Russian as long, cold winters ­ a ­Russian institution of its own making. How accurate is this stereotype? Prominent historian and journalist Leonid Mlechin perhaps put […]

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Russia honors fallen WWI soldiers for the first time

History, Soviet Union, Military
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Russia Beyong the Headlines – rbth.ru – August 1, 2013) For the first time, Russia will honor the Russian soldiers who died during World War I. State Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin ­ who also serves as both chairman of the organizing committee to mark the centennial of the beginning of World War I and president of the Russian Historical Society […]

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The Foreign and Security Policies of the Central Asian States

Central Asia
Map of Central Asia, Including Commonwealth of Independent States Members

(International Relations and Security Network (ISN) – isn.ethz.ch – Stephen Aris for the ISN, senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) – 30 July 2013) Despite the potentially suffocating interests of external powers, the Central Asian states still have enough political space to pursue their own foreign and security policy agendas. In today’s Q&A session, the CSS’ Stephen […]

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Verdict in Bradley Manning WikiLeaks case will show Snowden’s possible fate in U.S. – Russian parliamentarian

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Alexei Pushkov file photo

(Interfax – July 30, 2013) The verdict to be handed down on Tuesday to Bradley Manning, a soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, will show what could have happened to former CIA employee Edward Snowden if he had returned to the United States, Alexei Pushkov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, […]

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Russian army responds to problems seen in drills

Military
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Andrei Kislyakov, special to RBTH – July 24, 2013) Military exercises have revealed what is really going on in the Russian army. For the first time, army heads have admitted to drawbacks identified during the drills and are reporting on their progress in bridging the gaps. Another phase of the largest challenge inspection […]

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Tanks, Days Off, Abortions: 24 Things Russia Gives the Most Of

Abortion, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Military
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, July 17, 2013) ­ What do these three things have in common: tanks, abortions and instant coffee? They are all things that Russia exports, performs or consumes more than any other nation. Esquire magazine’s Russian-language edition on Monday released a list of 24 things for which Russia is a statistically proven world leader. One standout is […]

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Military Holds Largest Maneuvers Since Soviet Era

Military
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Natalya Krainova – July 17, 2013) President Vladimir Putin observed the Armed Forces perform the largest military exercises since Soviet times Tuesday, the latest in a series of surprise drills around the country this year aimed at examining the army’s combat readiness following military reforms. The surprise maneuvers in the Far East, which started late […]

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Gorbachev proposes establishing global peace movement

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military, United Nations
File Photo of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan at Table Signing Documents

(Interfax – MOSCOW, July 16, 2013) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said he was concerned with the high number of armed conflicts around the world and that he proposed the creation of a global peace movement. “Something is not working in the world, the arms race is on again. Either protest movements or conflicts between tribes and entire nations are […]

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Russia wants to make its armed forces more transparent – military

Military
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Interfax -MOSCOW. July 15, 2013) The Russian Defense Ministry will make the situation in the armed forces more transparent for NATO colleagues, said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov. “We will continue enhancing the transparency of our armed forces,” Antonenko said after a meeting with foreign military attaches. He said NATO officials have complained on many occasions that the Russian […]

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Total of 4.6 mln Soviet soldiers, killed in World War II, still not identified

History, Soviet Union, Military
Battle of Stalingrad file photo

(Interfax – PROKHOROVKA, July 12, 2013) The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet identified 4.6 million Soviet soldiers, whose remains are buried in Russia and abroad, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. “A total of over 32,000 burial sites of over 7 million people are registered by the ministry. A total of 2.6 million are known by surname. Unfortunately, the […]

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U.S. seaborne missile defense endangers Russian security – expert

Military
Aegis Seaborne Missile Defense Launch file photo

(Interfax – July 12, 2013) The European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) stipulates reinforcing seaborne components, which will eventually develop into the backbone of the U.S. global missile defense network, consultant of the Russian Strategic Research Institute director, expert board member of the Russian presidential administration’s interdepartmental working group for liaison with NATO in missile defense Vladimir Kozin said. “The U.S. […]

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Corruption up 450% in a Year in Russian Forces – Prosecutors

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Military
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(RIA Novosti – MOSCOW, July 11, 2013) ­ The financial cost of corruption uncovered in the Russian Armed Forces this year has soared 450 percent from last year to over 4.4 billion rubles ($130 million), the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Thursday. “The amount of damage inflicted on the state by corruption crimes this year rose by five and a […]

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Russian military takes step toward civil society?

Military
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Viktor Litovkin, special to RBTH – July 10, 2013) Military officials disclose plans online for the development of the army and navy. Striking changes have started taking place in Russia’s armed forces since Sergei Shoigu took over as defense minister. For example, last week the military posted what until then had been top-secret […]

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Russia puts spending on guns ahead schools

Budget, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Education, Academia, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Business New Europe – bne.eu – MOSCOW BLOG – July 9, 2013) The Russian government has just approved the next three-year budget that runs to 2016 that has cut spending on education and health in favour of boosting it on reequipping the armed forces. Relations between Russia and the west are probably at their lowest ebb since the fall of […]

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