Posted by Matt in October 9th, 2008 |
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Military,
Nuclear,
Russia,
Delta Iv,
Fleet,
Icbms,
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles,
Ivs,
Mobile Ss,
New Boats,
Nuclear Submarines,
Russian Nuclear Forces,
Silo,
Ss 25,
Topol,
Vestiges
Indeed, by 2020 the Soviet nuclear strategic potential inherited in 1991 will be mostly spent. All Soviet-made, silo-based, heavy SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missiles and land-based mobile SS-25 (Topol) ICBMs will be retired, as well as the six Delta III strategic nuclear submarines. The fleet of six Delta IV strategic submarines is planned to continue in [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2008 |
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Russia,
Anna Politkovskaya,
Arch Nemesis,
Eastern Europe,
Fh,
First Printing,
Freedom House,
Investigative Journalist,
kremlin,
Medvedev,
Mid March,
Nemtsov,
Novaya Gazeta,
Precipitous Drop,
Press Freedom,
Pushkin Square,
putin,
Russia Freedom,
Russian Documents,
Vestiges,
Vladimir Putin,
Worldwide Press
In their concise and eloquent report, Nemtsov and Milov present a devastating picture of Putin’s eight years in the Kremlin. Indeed, the report’s appraisal of Putin and his administration is so damning that the Kremlin attempted, with considerable success, to block its distribution. Originally, the publisher, Novaya Gazeta (which produces the newspaper of the same [...]
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