The Russian Economic Crisis
Economic distress has weakened Russia’s principal instruments of international influence. Lower energy prices have reduced Moscow’s power in that realm, while the crisis has decreased resources for Russia’s military and for loans to its neighbors, diminishing Moscow’s influence in the former Soviet sphere [which] .... makes Russia less able to challenge the international order and U.S. leadership in particular. The economic crisis thus presents an ... Full Story »
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