The Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, started when they incited the Russians living in some parts of Ukraine, to rebel against the current government in Ukraine.
Russia effectively created a small civil war … Read the rest
Russia’s central bank on 15 August 2023, hiked interest rates by 350 basis points from 8.5% to 12% at an emergency meeting, as Moscow faces a rapid depreciation of the country’s currency.
The changes in the value of the Russian currency during the last five years, shows a substantial drop in the value of the Russian Currency.
1,000 Russian Rubles would get you:
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Yevgeny Prigozhin is the head of the Mercenary group, Wagner, that is fighting Ukraine on behalf of Russia.
Prigozhin feels that the Russian President is being deceived by the Russian Defence Minister.
Prigozhin made these statements … Read the rest
A Moscow court fined Yandex for failing to turn over user data to domestic intelligence services.
Yandex, a search engine and web portal, was found guilty of repeatedly refusing to provide the Federal Security Service (FSB) data on its … Read the rest
Consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Western countries had enjoyed total mastery of the skies since the end of the Cold War and largely dropped the powerful defences once designed to protect NATO forces from Soviet aircraft.
But NATO … Read the rest
United States aid to Russia during WW2.
During 1941 to 1945 the United States supplied the Soviet Union with $180 billion (at 2023 values) worth of military equipment to fight off the invading Nazis.
This equipment aided Russia in remaining … Read the rest
Russian Losses in Ukraine after 447 days.
According to the General Staff of the Ukraine Armed Forces, these are the Russian losses since 24 February 2022.
About 34 million people died in the Soviet Union during WW2.
That worked out that the Soviet Union lost 13.7% of its population as victims of the Second World War.
The breakdown of these losses by countries in the Soviet … Read the rest
World Support for Russia or Ukraine?
A recent report on the support of either Ukraine or Russia, based on the population of the relevant countries, has shown the following figures: