For years, Russian-Chinese naval exercises have been staged closer and closer to potential conflict zones and the training scenarios have become increasingly realistic.
The six years of perestroika – from 1985 until the end of 1991 when the Soviet Union was dissolved – was a time of wildly syncopated change in the country.
Russia has ordered the United States to reduce its diplomatic and technical staff at its Embassy in Moscow and diplomatic missions in other Russian cities in response to a U.S. Senate vote to impose tougher sanctions.
State-run television is the principal source of news for a majority of young Russians, the independent Russian television channel Dozhd reported Friday.