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But Moscow's military demonstrations abroad have come against the backdrop of its setbacks in Ukraine; what Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to be a swift and decisive victory has become ...
Again, most modern Russian equipment will operate in ways that are familiar to Ukrainian military officers used to operating ex-Soviet and Russian military equipment. In the air, Russia has not ...
Putin personally favors Russia’s submarine force, which might explain why the navy gets 26% of Russia’s military funding, with just 14% going to the ground forces that account for the majority ...
Russian designation for Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone. [336] Both Russia and Iran have denied these are built in Iran. They are license built in Russia. [337] Geran-1: Kamikaze-type unmanned aerial vehicle: Unknown Iran: Russian designation for Iranian Shahed 131 kamikaze drone. [338] Both Russia and Iran have denied these are built in Iran.
A Sukhoi Su-30 of the Russian Air Force in flight over Russia in June 2010. Sukhoi fighters are popular export products of the Russian military industry. In 2012, Russia's military exports hit another record sum of $15 billion the structure of military exports had become more balanced. The biggest sales were in aviation equipment – 37 percent.
In March and April 2021, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crimea, representing the largest mobilization since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. [167] [168] The troops were partially withdrawn by June 2021. [169]
The Russian economy looks unable to sustain President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine past next year, but an end to the fighting could also pose an existential threat to his regime, according to ...
The Duma, Russia’s parliament, has passed a bill making it a crime, punishable by up to 15 years in jail, to spread what it called “fake news” about the Russian military.