Although the government of Russian president Vladimir Putin has authorized writing off 90% of Cuba’s $32 billion debt Kremlin policy toward the Castro regime is characterized by caution. Foreign direct investment by the Russian Federation in Cuba remains insignificant.
But Cuba’s economic ...
... information related to the 2,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, storage sites, location of precursor chemicals that US and Russian intelligence believe Assad has acquired, some of it from western organizations. All media chatter about the opposition ... ... Washington launching an attack on Assad controlled Syria is very much an option. Then too, there are no indications that president Vladimir Putin has backed off from his “yes we will” commitment to support Syria if the nation is attacked. Meanwhile ...
Cold War stereotypes prevent the building of a new system of international links
On August 9, Russian foreign and defense ministers met their U.S. counterparts in Washington the day after President Obama had cancelled his September visit to Russia. American hawks were triumphant, as were Moscow’s hawks and some like-minded figures in Europe ...
... naval deployment of ships equipped with cruise missiles and SM-3 interceptors.
4. Cyber security
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In the area of cyber security it is deemed appropriate to discuss with the U.S. the possibility of inviting other countries to join the Russian-American agreement on countering the cyber threats. This June Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama reached an unprecedented understanding on combating the cyber threats "to create a mechanism for information sharing in order to better protect critical information systems"
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. This mechanism, when necessary,...
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) expresses its deep satisfaction with the outcome of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama, held on June 18 in Los Cabos (Mexico).
The joint statement issued following the meeting indicates that the course of further development of Russian-U.S. relations, referred to as the "Reset" in ...