It will be impossible to shield Russian territory unless Moscow policymakers promptly settle organizational issues as regards the aerospace-defense system’s creation and unless the Russian government starts mass-producing the required weapons.
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Outside View: Russia’s air defense woes
Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Aerospace Defense, Creation, moscow, Russia, Russian Government, Russian Territory, weapons, Woes
Russia military ‘deeply corrupt’
Posted by Matt in July 3rd, 2008 | no comment
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A third of all money spent by the Russian government on its armed forces is lost to corruption, a senior Russian official has warned.
Aleksander Kanshin told reporters 16 generals and 180 colonels were prosecuted last year alone.
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BP accused of ‘Goebbels propaganda’ in Russian TNK-BP row
Posted by Matt in June 16th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Oil, Russia, 1990s, Accusation, BP, British Petroleum, Consortium, Forbes, Fortunes, Gloves, kremlin, Madhouse, Military Actions, News Articles, Operational Performance, Propaganda, Russia, Russian Government, Russian Oligarch, Shareholder, Small Group, Sutherland, Telegraph, Tnk Bp
The BP chairman suggested that the tactics adopted by the AAR consortium were a return to the 1990s, a lawless period when many of Russia’s biggest fortunes were amassed by a small group of individuals, often referred to as oligarchs.
Mr Sutherland also pointed a finger at the Kremlin and asked why the Russian government had [...]
A Voice of Mother Russia, in English
Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Russia, Aspirations, English Language, European Union, European Union Membership, Evil Empire, Fears, Journalists, kremlin, Language News, Military Parades, Mother Russia, putin, Red Square, Russia Corruption, Russia Today, Russian Government, Scourge, Street Thugs, Trump, Vladimir
JUDGING from the news lately, Russia is well on its way to restoring that old Evil Empire image. Military parades have returned to Red Square. Key businesses are choked by corruption or are under state control. Journalists who probe too deeply turn up dead. And critics of the Kremlin are jailed, pushed out of elections [...]
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