The Russian financial crisis (also called Ruble crisis or the Russian Flu) hit Russia on 17 August 1998. It resulted in the Russian government and the Russian Central Bank devaluing the ruble and defaulting on its debt.
The Russian Emperor Nicholas II was fortunate to have kept his throne after a revolution in 1905, but he wouldn’t be so lucky in 1917. Nearly three years of war had pushed Russia’s army and people to the brink and in March 1917 the situation in the Russian …
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While the United States has let its short-range air defense systems decline since the end of the Cold War, Russia’s been very active in bolstering theirs. Of course, this can be explained in part by the different situations the two countries face.
At the point of maximum war danger between Great Britain and the United States, the London satirical publication Punch published a vicious caricature of US President Abraham Lincoln and Russian Tsar Alexander II, demonizing the two friends as …
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Mar 27, 2018 · (CNN)Hundreds of people protested Tuesday in the the Siberian city of Kemerovo, calling for a full investigation into a shopping mall fire that killed scores, including an entire class of collegeren. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who flew to the city to offer his condolences to the victims
Blackouts in Ukraine were just a trial run. Russian hackers are learning to sabotage infrastructure—and the US could be next.
Paying the ransom. Once the groom arrives at the bride’s home, he must pay a ransom for the bride, a term in Russian known as vykup nevesty.The entire event is played out in a comical fashion and everyone is entertained.
This report is a downgraded version of a more sensitive assessment; its conclusions are identical to those in the more sensitive assessment but this version does not include the full supporting information on key elements of the influence campaign.
