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the
Cold
War
4 Post-Cold War periods
First Period,1991-2000
Triumph of global capitalism
Russias resurgence
Information war
economic war
1991-1999:
Textile, leather and fur, and footwear industries:
Output fell by nearly 10 times,
statistics.
According to the estimates of the Institute of
(not a problem for the US, but a problem for many other
states) or:
Russia as a member of coalitions to counterbalance US
hi-tech
Rebuilding infrastructure
government
10% - ready to live under existing stability
Russia
A drive for re-integration of Eurasia
military power
Readiness for international cooperation to work out joint
solutions to problems
Russias military budget
Mid-1980s defence spending accounted for 15-17% of
Soviet GDP
Massive cuts following dissolution of USSR in 1991
equipment
27% towards defense research and development.
http://rudar.ruc.dk/bitstream/1800/5084/4/zPr
oject%20finished%2026.01.pdf
Russias place on the Global
Firepower Index:
http://www.globalfirepower.com/co
untries-listing.asp
Russian elite interests
The oligarchy the upper crust of the new capitalist class,
product of the post-communist transformation
Most important sources of wealth: oil, gas and arms
The politicians
1990s: liberals, communists, nationalists, United
USA 13 7 9 4
Moslem countries 1 2 3 1
Others 3 2 1 2
Hard to say 14 13 19 27
http://www.levada.ru/13-01-2015/vneshnyaya-
politika-rossii-orientiry-i-kritika