Russia

Russia
Type	nation state
Location	Asia
Subgroups	• FSO • FSB • FAPSI • GRU • SVR • KGB
Interest of	Stephen Cohen, Rod Thornton, Helene Carrere d'Encausse
Owner of	Russia Today
Member of	United Nations/Security Council
The largest nation state in the world

Russia is the largest nation state in the world. In 2013, Russia was #3 in the world in terms of military expenditure.

History

Formerly the USSR, the country experienced turmoil after the end of the Cold War.

Fossil fuel reserves

As well as the 8th largest oil reserves, Russia has the largest gas reserves of any nation state, about 25% of total global reserves. It also has a lot of tar sands.  

Events

Event	Date
1993 Russian constitutional crisis
2013 Volgograd bombings
2014 Winter Olympics
Russian apartment bombings	4 September 1999 - 16 September 1999

 

Groups

Group	Date
FSB	12 April 1995 - Present
Russia Today	10 December 2005 - Present

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
File:Awara-Study-Russia-Economy-09.012.2014.pdf	paper	1 December 2014	Jon Hellevig	A study of developments in the Russian economy between 2000 and 2014
British Interests in Ukraine	article	15 May 2014	David Malone	A forensic analysis of some of the British interests in Ukraine and - by inference, events leading up to and following the February 2014 coup
Economic Tasks - Vladimir Putin	article	30 January 2012	Vladimir Putin	A quintessentially orthodox IMF/WTO economic analysis from the Russian Prime Minister in the run up to the Presidential election in March 2012.
H.RES.758	legal document	18 November 2014	United States Congress	This bill puts America on a footing for war against Russia. It has received close to zero coverage in the US and other establishment media.
How Russia betrayed America	essay	10 March 2015	Mike King	A useful mirror image of the Anglo-US-Nato official narrative about Russia
Hushing Up - and Profiting from - Saudi Aggressions while Warmongering against Russia	article	29 August 2015	Stephen Gowans	The gross hypocricy inherent in the foreign policy actions of Anglo-US-NATO governments
File:ICA 2017 01.pdf	Report	6 January 2017	DNI	A 25 page report on joint US intelligence agencies assessment of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.
Igor Strelkov and Russia's Fifth Column	article	12 September 2014	'The Saker'	Extended commentary and analysis of the statement by Igor Strelkov about the West's war on Russia and Russia's 5th Column problem
It’s Nato that’s empire-building, not Putin	article	7 March 2015	Peter Hitchens	Rare honesty, peppered with obligatory obeisances to western official narratives, about Nato empire-building since 1990 from a western mainsteam media journalist.
File:JAR 16-20296.pdf	Report	29 December 2016	FBI United States Department of Homeland Security	Joint analysis report on alleged efforts by the Russian state to affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential election by means of computer hacking.
Myths about Contemporary Russia	article	28 April 2014	Fr Andrew	An article that comprehensively refutes the major western demonising myths about Russia
Nyet means Nyet	diplomatic communication	1 February 2008	William Joseph Burns	February 2008 classified diplomatic cable from US ambassador to Russia William J Burns to the State Department about how Russia views NATO involvement in Ukraine
Russia is a Bangladesh with missiles	article	22 April 2016	Eduard Limonov Madeleine Albright	Insulting comments by Madeleine Albright about Vladimir Putin and Russia, responded to in kind by Eduard Limonov
Russia-US Conventional Military Balance	article	24 July 2015	'The Saker'	Further thoughts on the US-Russia conventional military balance in light of continuing NATO sabre-rattling around Russia's western/southern borderlands
Russia’s “Save Ukraine” Memorandum: Prevent the Ukraine from “Going Fascist”	article	13 February 2014		The geo-politics of the 2013-14 Ukraine riots and the US push for 'Regime-change' from the perspective of a high-level Russian think-tank.
Russophobe Myths	webpage	4 July 2009	Anatoly Karlin	A list of common Russophobe myths about Russia
Springtime for Russophobia	article	6 September 2014	Mark Hackard	On the roots of the Russo-phobia of Western Establishments and its burgeoning in the wake of Russia's clear red-line over Ukraine
St Petersburg International Economic Forum	speech	23 May 2014	Vladimir Putin	Vladimir Putin's address to the plenary session of the 18th St Petersburg International Economic Forum on 23 May 2014
The IMF Bank Job	article	9 May 2014	Edmund Dalpe	A hilarious piece of satire - but closer to the truth about who calls the shots on events surrounding the Ukraine coup and what it really about, than any or all of the western MSM talking-heads combined.
The Jewish Role in the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia's Early Soviet Regime	article	January 1994	Mark Weber	An analysis of the cold-blooded murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in July 1918 - background, people, events and motive
File:The Kremlin's Trojan Horses.pdf	paper	18 November 2016	Alina Polyakova Marlene Laruelle Stefan Meister Neil Barnett	A cartoonishly over-the-top piece of anti-Russian hysteria from the Atlantic Council.
The Meaning of the US Saber-Rattling at the Borders of Russia	article	18 July 2015	'The Saker'	Some thoughts on the Russia - NATO military balance in light of NATO posturing, excercises and sabre-rettling around Russia's wetern and southern borders
The Russians are coming	article	9 May 2014	William Blum	The west's tried and trusted - but lately tired and increasingly absurd - specter of an aggressive, expansionist Russia, demolished in style by the inimitable William Blum
The Threat of War and the Russian Response	article	23 September 2014	Sergei Glazyev	An adviser to the Russian President analyses the current systemic global crisis and the way forward for Russia and the world
File:Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.pdf	WikiSpooks Page	January 2017	Christopher Steele	A dossier of evidence purporting to demonstrate that Donald Trump and his transition team members have a history of improper contact with the Russian government and that Russian Intelligence collected substantial compromising information on Trump during his Russian business trips.
Turkey ambushed Su24 using information supplied by US	report	27 November 2015	Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation	Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, General Bondarev, presents facts of the attack on the Russian Su-24M aircraft carried out by Turkish F-16 fighters in the sky over Syria on 24 November 2015
US is militarizing Ukraine to invade Russia	discussion	20 June 2014	Sergei Glazyev	Vladimir Putin's economic adviser outlines the massive militarisation of Ukraine and the Anglo-US agenda that is behind it.
US media, politicians mobilize against Sochi Olympics	article	10 February 2014	Andrea Peters	A useful analysis of the orchestrated campaign of vilification against Russia and its president coincident with the run-up to the Sochi winter Olympics.
Usaia to attack Russia in 2015	interview transcript	31 May 2014	Evgeny Fedorov	A coup d´état under the guise of an ‘Colour Revolution’ is being prepared in Russia. The big picture and the details are given by Evgeny Fedorov, a deputy in the Russian parliament, and coordinator of the People’s Liberation Movement.
Vladimir Putin interview with French media	interview	4 June 2014	Vladimir Putin	Vladimir Putin interview with two French media men on the eve of his visit to France for the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Allied Normandy landings
WE are Untermenschen	appeal	3 June 2014	Juan	Heartfelt anger from a Russian speaking anti-Kiev Junta soldier in face of escalating military attacks on the civilian population of Eastern Ukraine by the Junta military and the blatant double-standards indifference of western politicians to the sufferings of people who identify with Russia.
File:War-gaming the Baltics.pdf	report		David Shlapak Michael Johnson
Washington with ISIS - Moscow with Syria	Interview	12 September 2015	Michel Chossudovsky	Press TV interview with Prof Michael Chossudovsky that juxtaposes Russian and US relations with the Syrian State together with the realities (and legalities) behind their respective deeds and actions.
Who was the Maidan sniper mastermind?	article	29 May 2014	Adam Larson	A good overall introduction to the false-flag nature of the Kiev Maidan sniper events in February 2014 that triggered the flight of President Yanukovitch and the installation of the 22 February coup Junta
Why there is no Russian military intervention in Ukraine	article	30 May 2014	Simon Uralov	A geo-political analysis of the developing situation in Ukraine from the perspective of a Russian National who understands the conflicting nature of the tripartite global power block interests (US-Europe-Russia) that will ultimately decide Ukraine's future