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Here Are Russia's Grandiose Plans For Upgrading Its Navy
Since I wrote my previous post for Oxford Analytica several months ago, additional information has come out about what is contained in Russia’s shipbuilding program — which reportedly includes a naval...
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Top Official: Russians Will 'Eat Less' For Putin
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Friday warned the West against trying to topple President Vladimir Putin and said that Russians are ready...
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The Oil Crash Will Force Russia To Cut Its Budget
The 7-month-old plunge in oil prices will force Moscow to cut its budget for 2015 by 10 percent, perhaps even 15 percent, a senior Russian government official told a panel discussion at the World...
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Tape Reveals Poisoned Ex-KGB Spy Making Accusations Against Putin
In the tape, made exactly one year before the former KGB officer was allegedly poisoned with a radioactive isotope, the dissident apparently claims the Russian president had links with a mobster who...
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Here Is Russia's Plan for Arctic Supremacy
"Russia's Plans for Arctic Supremacy is republished with permission of Stratfor."Although the crisis in Ukraine continues to focus attention on Russia's western border, Moscow is seeking to exploit a...
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Putin Once Casually Said He Could Destroy America In A Half-Hour
In December 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was positioned to reclaim his role as the president of Russia after the formalities of the March 2012 elections.Fittingly, Putin hosted a...
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Poisoned KGB Agent Said Putin Has A 'Good Relationship' With One Of The...
Before his death by poisoning, ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, recorded a tape.In it, he claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a "good relationship" with one of the most notorious mobsters...
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Watch A Russian Jet Intercept A Portuguese Surveillance Plane
The following footage is quite unique: It shows a single Russian Air Force Su-27 Flanker jet as it intercepts and shadows a P-3 Orion, reportedly flying over the Baltics.According to the source who...
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Threat Of New Sanctions Against Russia Sends The Ruble Tumbling (USD, RUB)
The ruble has fallen by over 3% against the dollar after Barack Obama threatened to step up measures against Russia following further violence in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol.Speaking at...
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Russian Oil Giant Rosneft To Issue $6.1 Billion Of Bonds Amid Fears Of...
Rosneft, Russia's state-owned oil company, is set to place 400 billion rubles ($6.1 billion) worth of bonds to finance "the company's projects and production plan", according to the firm. But there are...
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A Thief Named 'Mastermind' Hacked 20 Million Accounts On A Russian Dating...
As if online dating wasn't sketchy enough, now you have to worry about hackers.About 20 million accounts on a Russia-based dating website called Topface, according to a report by Bloomberg. About 40%...
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Putin: Ukraine's Army Is A NATO Proxy Aimed At 'Containing Russia'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine's army is a NATO proxy whose geopolitical aim is to constrain Russia."This is not the army, per se, this is a foreign proxy, in this case a...
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Russia Cut To 'Junk' By S&P (RUB, USD)
Russia's credit rating has been cut to 'BB+' by S&P. All ratings below 'BBB-' are considered "junk" as they are below the lowest investment grade rating.The ratings outlook is negative. In its...
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Syriza's Win Could Affect The EU's Policy On Russia
The election win by Greece's far-left Syriza party has focused attention on the impact that a potential "Grexit" could have on the eurozone economies.But equally important is the effect this watershed...
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FBI Agent Explains How Russia's Foreign Spy Operations Work
The FBI announced on Monday that it has identified three individuals believed to have been spying for Russia in New York.FBI agent Gregory Monaghan has charged the three alleged spies — Evgeny...
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The Busted Russian Spy Ring In New York City Was Proper Espionage
On Monday the FBI charged three Russians with being spies, agents of the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service).Two are already out of the country and were in diplomatic cover anyway, so the worse the US...
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One-Fifth Of Russian Banks Could Collapse In 2015
The Russian banking sector is facing an annus horribilis with as many as 20% at risk of folding as the country's economic crisis takes its toll.The Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term...
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Russian Central Bank Deputy Head Shoots 3 Dead In The Far East Of The Country...
The deputy head of the Russian Central Bank directorate in the Amur region of the country has shot dead three people before turning the gun on himself, Russian independent news service Interfax...
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Russia Is On A 'Holy Mission' And The West Doesn't Get It
Last week, President Barack Obama explained that Russia, hit hard by Western sanctions, is losing in its confrontation with the West and NATO caused by Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.In his...
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Iran Is Ditching The Dollar In Foreign Trade
Iran is ditching the dollar.Iran is no longer using the US dollar in foreign-trade transactions and is replacing it with other currencies, the deputy governor at the Iranian Central Bank Gholami Kamyab...
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