Russia’s economic future was supposedly golden in 2001 when the BRIC acronym was invented. But the reality has been one of exploitation by an elite, rather than increased wealth for the country as a whole. Particularly after the expulsion of Hermitage C
Meanwhile, the French are making noises about the possibility of European troops deploying to Ukraine to fight against Russia. This would be folly in the extreme, turning a regional Russia-Ukraine conflict into a more general European war on Russia, with echoes to World War II. Here’s how R...
A peacetime Russia could find the troops and weapons needed to support a greater effort in Mali’s desert warfare, but it is not peacetime and North Korean drones and troops are being fed into the front lines to help a manpower-starved Russian military combat Ukraine’s Kursk incursion. As ...
Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen atop of armoured vehicles in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Dokuchaievsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters Russian forces appear to beprioritizing efforts in Donbasin eastern Ukraine, a U.S. ...
In its statement, Russia's top prosecution body said it hoped that "our colleagues in these countries will earnestly consider the requests and fulfill their obligations under the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the 1997 International Convention for th...
While Germans often think of World War II as a fight against the Russians, the majority of the fighting actually took place in modern-day Ukraine andBelarus, as well as large parts of western Russia, says Dobczansky. Under the German occupation,several millionUkrainians were sent to ...
As for Russia, the base has always been a symbol of its strength and national identity, with a historical presence dating over two centuries, to the times of the Russian Empire. The large majority of residents in the city of Sevastopol, although Ukrainian citizens, still consider themselves to...
and Stingers ‒ could inflict heavy casualties, making Russian forces bleed badly in a protracted irregular conflict fought in densely populated urban areas. More importantly, Washington and its European allies would harness this window of opportunity to draw Russia into a bloody quagmire. All they...
After the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century by Prussia, Habsburg Austria, and Russia, Western Ukrainian Galicia was taken over by Austria, while the rest of Ukraine was progressively incorporated into the Russian Empire.Despite the promises of Ukrainian autonomy given by the ...