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MODERN RUSSIA
      HISTORY
      TODAY - CLASS 4 -
      GORBACHEV TO
      PUTIN



Professor - Joe Boisvert 2012/ 2013
Authoritarian Regime

   Tamped down by the authoritarian
    regime of Vladimir V. Putin. In March
    2012, Mr. Putin reclaimed the
    presidency for the third time, but his
    return to office has not been
    welcomed by all Russians and he has
    faced an increasingly assertive
    opposition movement.
Putin’s Russia
Putin’s Russia Partial Return to
Cold War Tactics
Modern Russian City
Putin War Dead
Politics Dominated by Mr. Putin
   For more than a decade, Russian politics
    have been dominated by Mr. Putin, who
    was named acting prime minister in 1999
    by the former president, Boris N. Yeltsin,
    and then elected president in 2000.
    Arising from obscurity, Mr. Putin, a former
    K.G.B. officer, proceeded to consolidate
    control over almost every aspect of
    society and business and marginalize
    what opposition still existed
Who is the Real Putin
The Threat from Russia
   The collapse and reconstitution of the Soviet Union did not lead to its
    disarmament.
   Russia still possesses a powerful nuclear arsenal-thousands of land-based
    intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), sea-launched ballistic missiles
    (SLBMs), and sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs), armed and targeted at
    the United States.
   Moreover, Russia continues to modernize and expand this arsenal despite
    its economic problems and perceived military weakness.
   In recent years, reports have indicated that security at Russia's
    nuclear/missile facilities is breaking down, thus elevating the chances that a
    warhead or missile will fall into the hands of terrorists or rogue military
    elements..
   Finally, Russia is among the world's most rampant proliferators of missile
    technology. For these reasons, Russia's nuclear and ballistic missile arsenal
    remains the single greatest strategic threat to the United States.
Breakdown of Russian Arsenal
 and Proliferation
In addition to the threat of a conventional Russian nuclear
attack, the United States is also threatened by negligent
security at Russia's nuclear/missile facilities, as well as
rampant proliferation of ballistic missile technology and
expertise to rogue nations and terrorist-sponsoring states.

The security of the Russian nuclear arsenal constitutes a
serious threat to the United States. Should a missile or
warhead get into the hands of rogue elements of the
Russian military, a launch is possible.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara has
warned as recently as April 2004 that a nuclear attack from
Russia is a very real scenario today, whether by accident
or intention.
Nuclear Attack from Russia is a
Possibility
   Former Secretary of Defense Robert
    McNamara has warned as recently as
    April 2004 that a nuclear attack from
    Russia is a very real scenario
    today, whether by accident or intention.
Russia Still Dangerous
Even a benign Russia that miscalculates can destroy America in less
than half an hour.

Moreover, there remains the possibility that a loose Russian WMD
might fall into the hands of Islamist terrorists,

Some possible dangerous places are those operating in Chechnya
and the former Soviet republics in Central Asia.

In May 2004, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service
(FSB), stated his concern that these terrorist organizations could gain
possession of loose Russian nuclear weapons, as well as other
WMDs.
Russia and US War of Words
Russia and the United States are clashing over a series of
difficult issues: the American deployment of a missile defense
system that Mr. Putin considers a threat

Pending legislation in Congress that blocks visas and freezes
assets of Russian officials linked to human rights abuses

 Statements from the State Department about the protests that
greeted Mr. Putin’s inauguration that left the Russian leader
fuming.
But the biggest irritant of all right now is Syria, a longtime ally of
Russia
Putin blasts "imperialism," says Russian
missile test was response to U.S. moves
     MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said today
      that tests of new Russian missiles were a
      response to the planned deployment of U.S.
      missile defense installations and other forces in
      Europe, suggesting Washington has triggered a
      new arms race.
     In a clear reference to the United States, he
      harshly criticized "imperialism" in global affairs
      and warned that Russia will strengthen its military
      potential to maintain a global strategic balance.
Bush flies into missile storm
     with Putin
   President George Bush yesterday flew to
    Europe where he will confront Vladimir Putin
    over US plans to base a new missile defense
    system in former Russian satellite countries.

   The White House described as unhelpful a
    warning by Mr. Putin that if the US goes
    ahead with its plan, Russia will retaliate by
    training its missiles on European targets
Putin Accuses US of Being Like
Nazi Germany
   in recent weeks Mr. Putin has likened the Bush
    administration to the Nazis and accused the
    US of trying to take over the world.
   The Russians will also be incensed by Mr.
    Bush's visit to Prague yesterday and to Poland
    on Friday, with the missile defense plans the
    key issue under discussion.
Moscow threatened to target its
missiles at Europe
Bush and Putin G8   Putin vs. George W. Bush
                       U.S. President George W.
                        Bush (left) and Putin at the
                        G8 summit in June (AFP)
                       This was the year Vladimir
                        Putin implicitly compared the
                        United States to the Third
                        Reich. It was the year
                        Moscow threatened to target
                        its missiles at Europe and
                        was accused of carrying out a
                        cyber-attack on a NATO
                        member. It was the year
                        Russia pulled out of a key
                        arms-control treaty and
                        resumed strategic-bomber
                        patrols
Putin Voices Pessimism on Missile Defense
June 21, 2012 :: The Moscow Times :: News

President Vladimir Putin said he does not believe that the United
States and Russia will manage to resolve their disagreements
regarding the U.S. missile defense shield in Europe no matter
who the U.S. leader is.

Speaking Tuesday at a news conference at the G20 summit in
Los Cabos, Mexico, Putin said he saw no sign that the U.S. was
ready to change its approach to the system, which Russia
believes could threaten its nuclear deterrent.

"I think the problem of the missile defense shield will not be
solved regardless of whether Obama is re-elected or not," Putin
said, Interfax reported.
Russia is America’s biggest strategic
    threat.

The renewed tensions come as the United States is heavily dependent on Russian
cooperation for its military operations in Afghanistan.

With Pakistan cutting off supply lines to Afghanistan, the so-called northern distribution
network through Russia is the primary reinforcement route for America’s war on the
Taliban.
The assassination of Anna
 Politkovskaya
 Anna (born in 1958), the Russian
journalist, writer and human rights activist, took place
on Saturday, 7 October 2006. She was well known
for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and
criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin ]She
authored several books about the Chechen wars, as
well as Putin's Russia, and received numerous
prestigious international awards for her work. Her
murder, which occurred on Vladimir Putin's
birthday, was widely perceived as a contract killing
sparking a strong international reaction.
Anna Politkovskaya murder
           case
•A week after the assassination, Alexander Litvinenko
accused Putin of sanctioning the murder.
•Two weeks after this statement, Litvinenko was poisoned
by the radioactive polonium.
Two days before his death on November 24, 2006, he
wrote a statement, in case he "does not make it". He said:
"Name the bastard. Anna Politkovskaya did not do it, so I
    will, for both of us.
You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of
    protest from around the world will reverberate,
Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life. May God
    forgive you for what you have done, not only to me but
    to beloved Russia and its people".
Other journalists in the country, she
says, fared much worse. Several journalists
were murdered, including Anna
Politkovskaya, who was writing about
Chechnya.
"She had run afoul of ... the Putin government
and was murdered six years ago on Putin's
birthday," Gessen says. "There are conflicting
theories as to who murdered her. It certainly
didn't have to be on Putin's orders. But what I
argue is that Putin has created a system in
which people who run afoul of the government
know that they are living with a constant threat
to their lives. At this point we are living in a
situation where physical attacks on critics of
R 4 russian history class 4 year 5 putin murders 2012  2013
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STAKE IN ROSNEFT

 By ANDREW E. KRAMER
 MOSCOW - BP has offered to
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  state oil company Rosneft if it can sell
  its interests in a private joint venture
  here, the president of Rosneft said on
  Friday. Such a move would make BP
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  Rosneft.
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R 4 russian history class 4 year 5 putin murders 2012 2013

  • 1. MODERN RUSSIA HISTORY TODAY - CLASS 4 - GORBACHEV TO PUTIN Professor - Joe Boisvert 2012/ 2013
  • 2. Authoritarian Regime  Tamped down by the authoritarian regime of Vladimir V. Putin. In March 2012, Mr. Putin reclaimed the presidency for the third time, but his return to office has not been welcomed by all Russians and he has faced an increasingly assertive opposition movement.
  • 4. Putin’s Russia Partial Return to Cold War Tactics
  • 7. Politics Dominated by Mr. Putin  For more than a decade, Russian politics have been dominated by Mr. Putin, who was named acting prime minister in 1999 by the former president, Boris N. Yeltsin, and then elected president in 2000. Arising from obscurity, Mr. Putin, a former K.G.B. officer, proceeded to consolidate control over almost every aspect of society and business and marginalize what opposition still existed
  • 8. Who is the Real Putin
  • 9. The Threat from Russia  The collapse and reconstitution of the Soviet Union did not lead to its disarmament.  Russia still possesses a powerful nuclear arsenal-thousands of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs), armed and targeted at the United States.  Moreover, Russia continues to modernize and expand this arsenal despite its economic problems and perceived military weakness.  In recent years, reports have indicated that security at Russia's nuclear/missile facilities is breaking down, thus elevating the chances that a warhead or missile will fall into the hands of terrorists or rogue military elements..  Finally, Russia is among the world's most rampant proliferators of missile technology. For these reasons, Russia's nuclear and ballistic missile arsenal remains the single greatest strategic threat to the United States.
  • 10. Breakdown of Russian Arsenal and Proliferation In addition to the threat of a conventional Russian nuclear attack, the United States is also threatened by negligent security at Russia's nuclear/missile facilities, as well as rampant proliferation of ballistic missile technology and expertise to rogue nations and terrorist-sponsoring states. The security of the Russian nuclear arsenal constitutes a serious threat to the United States. Should a missile or warhead get into the hands of rogue elements of the Russian military, a launch is possible. Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara has warned as recently as April 2004 that a nuclear attack from Russia is a very real scenario today, whether by accident or intention.
  • 11. Nuclear Attack from Russia is a Possibility  Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara has warned as recently as April 2004 that a nuclear attack from Russia is a very real scenario today, whether by accident or intention.
  • 12. Russia Still Dangerous Even a benign Russia that miscalculates can destroy America in less than half an hour. Moreover, there remains the possibility that a loose Russian WMD might fall into the hands of Islamist terrorists, Some possible dangerous places are those operating in Chechnya and the former Soviet republics in Central Asia. In May 2004, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), stated his concern that these terrorist organizations could gain possession of loose Russian nuclear weapons, as well as other WMDs.
  • 13. Russia and US War of Words Russia and the United States are clashing over a series of difficult issues: the American deployment of a missile defense system that Mr. Putin considers a threat Pending legislation in Congress that blocks visas and freezes assets of Russian officials linked to human rights abuses Statements from the State Department about the protests that greeted Mr. Putin’s inauguration that left the Russian leader fuming. But the biggest irritant of all right now is Syria, a longtime ally of Russia
  • 14. Putin blasts "imperialism," says Russian missile test was response to U.S. moves  MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said today that tests of new Russian missiles were a response to the planned deployment of U.S. missile defense installations and other forces in Europe, suggesting Washington has triggered a new arms race.  In a clear reference to the United States, he harshly criticized "imperialism" in global affairs and warned that Russia will strengthen its military potential to maintain a global strategic balance.
  • 15. Bush flies into missile storm with Putin  President George Bush yesterday flew to Europe where he will confront Vladimir Putin over US plans to base a new missile defense system in former Russian satellite countries.  The White House described as unhelpful a warning by Mr. Putin that if the US goes ahead with its plan, Russia will retaliate by training its missiles on European targets
  • 16. Putin Accuses US of Being Like Nazi Germany  in recent weeks Mr. Putin has likened the Bush administration to the Nazis and accused the US of trying to take over the world.  The Russians will also be incensed by Mr. Bush's visit to Prague yesterday and to Poland on Friday, with the missile defense plans the key issue under discussion.
  • 17. Moscow threatened to target its missiles at Europe Bush and Putin G8 Putin vs. George W. Bush  U.S. President George W. Bush (left) and Putin at the G8 summit in June (AFP)  This was the year Vladimir Putin implicitly compared the United States to the Third Reich. It was the year Moscow threatened to target its missiles at Europe and was accused of carrying out a cyber-attack on a NATO member. It was the year Russia pulled out of a key arms-control treaty and resumed strategic-bomber patrols
  • 18. Putin Voices Pessimism on Missile Defense June 21, 2012 :: The Moscow Times :: News President Vladimir Putin said he does not believe that the United States and Russia will manage to resolve their disagreements regarding the U.S. missile defense shield in Europe no matter who the U.S. leader is. Speaking Tuesday at a news conference at the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, Putin said he saw no sign that the U.S. was ready to change its approach to the system, which Russia believes could threaten its nuclear deterrent. "I think the problem of the missile defense shield will not be solved regardless of whether Obama is re-elected or not," Putin said, Interfax reported.
  • 19. Russia is America’s biggest strategic threat. The renewed tensions come as the United States is heavily dependent on Russian cooperation for its military operations in Afghanistan. With Pakistan cutting off supply lines to Afghanistan, the so-called northern distribution network through Russia is the primary reinforcement route for America’s war on the Taliban.
  • 20. The assassination of Anna Politkovskaya Anna (born in 1958), the Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist, took place on Saturday, 7 October 2006. She was well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin ]She authored several books about the Chechen wars, as well as Putin's Russia, and received numerous prestigious international awards for her work. Her murder, which occurred on Vladimir Putin's birthday, was widely perceived as a contract killing sparking a strong international reaction.
  • 22. •A week after the assassination, Alexander Litvinenko accused Putin of sanctioning the murder. •Two weeks after this statement, Litvinenko was poisoned by the radioactive polonium. Two days before his death on November 24, 2006, he wrote a statement, in case he "does not make it". He said: "Name the bastard. Anna Politkovskaya did not do it, so I will, for both of us. You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life. May God forgive you for what you have done, not only to me but to beloved Russia and its people".
  • 23. Other journalists in the country, she says, fared much worse. Several journalists were murdered, including Anna Politkovskaya, who was writing about Chechnya. "She had run afoul of ... the Putin government and was murdered six years ago on Putin's birthday," Gessen says. "There are conflicting theories as to who murdered her. It certainly didn't have to be on Putin's orders. But what I argue is that Putin has created a system in which people who run afoul of the government know that they are living with a constant threat to their lives. At this point we are living in a situation where physical attacks on critics of
  • 26. BP OFFERS TO INCREASE ITS STAKE IN ROSNEFT  By ANDREW E. KRAMER  MOSCOW - BP has offered to acquire a bigger stake in the Russian state oil company Rosneft if it can sell its interests in a private joint venture here, the president of Rosneft said on Friday. Such a move would make BP the largest single outside investor in Rosneft.