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Vladimir Putin's top security adviser Nikolai Patrushev (rus: Николай Патрушев) states that the United States "would much rather that Russia did not exist at all as a country," because "we possess great [natural] resources. The Americans believe that we control them illegally and undeservedly because, in their view, we do not use ...
The volume of industrial production in Russia in 1913 amounted to 6938.9 million rubles. [8] In 1913, Russia's share in world industry was 5.3% (fifth place in the world). [9] [10] Shares of Russia, United States, Great Britain, Germany and France in world industrial production (in%) [11]
Vadim Rogovin notes that the desire to fulfill the plan led to a situation of overstretching forces and a permanent search for reasons to justify the non-fulfillment of excessive tasks. [53] Because of this, industrialization could not feed solely on enthusiasm and demanded a series of compulsory measures.
In general, the peasants bought not only land, but also the value of serf labor, which enabled the state to cash in on the redemption operation. Unlike Austria and Prussia, the Russian government did not invest a single ruble in agrarian reform, but managed to make the redemption operation beneficial to the state. The debts of the landowners ...
Russia is seeking to exploit America’s divisive debate over Israel’s offensive in Gaza through overt and covert propaganda, with the aim of aggravating political tensions in the U.S. and ...
Beginning in the 1550s, Russia conquered, on average, territory the size of the Netherlands every year for 150 years. This included Siberia, central Asia, the Caucasus and parts of Eastern Europe. Russia engaged in settler colonialism in these lands, and also founded colonies in North America, notably in present-day Alaska
Still, not all of Russia’s arguments are unreasonable. “There are some concerns on the Russian side that are legitimate,” Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told me.
Pomar, Mark G. Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) online scholarly book review; Saul, Norman E. Distant Friends: The United States and Russia, 1763–1867 (1991) Saul, Norman E. Concord and Conflict: The United States and Russia, 1867–1914 (1996)