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Putin is a leader made for the Russian Federation

... modernization — including a continued buildup of forces stationed along the border with Ukraine in order to give Moscow more instruments for intervening in the course of the... ... same time, Moscow will desist from any tangible military buildup in the European (northwestern) theater, despite the mutually belligerent rhetoric by NATO and Russia, and... ... programs have effectively been pushed back to the mid-2020s or even beyond 2027. In Syria, Putin will keep trying to convert the military success of the Russian intervention...

12.12.2018

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The Lost Twenty-Five Years

... instability is no longer a Kremlin fantasy but indeed objective reality. To be sure, the Ukraine crisis and the ‘Russian world’ discourse have together been part... ... this very quickly. It has taken its foot off the pedal, as it were. The operation in Syria is a different case altogether, consistent with a national objective of regaining... ... capacity to carry out such missions on a regular basis. The offer of cooperation with the West in this field demonstrates co-equal status. And Moscow’s readiness to abruptly...

29.02.2016

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)