Russian National Security Adviser Nikolai Patrushev, a very high level government leader, said there was no military solution to the situation in Afghanistan. Patrushev explained that the problems of terrorism and drug trafficking in the southwest Asian nation would continue without socio-economic development. Afghan forces on their own could not accomplish such tasks, and Russia [...]
In the late 1980’s, Russia was the political and military heart of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). For 40 years, the US and Russia were enemies in the “Cold War”. In the end, the Soviet economy failed. President Gorbachev of the USSR, ended the one party Communist rule. The USSR split up into [...]
In 2003, China and Russia agreed to build an oil {a large pipe that moves water, oil or gas long distances]pipeline} from Russia to China. The {a large pipe that moves water, oil or gas long distances]pipeline} would deliver 700 million tons of Russian {an element in its original state]crude} oil to China each year [...]
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