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Russia Today

A New Russia: The Boris Yeltsin Years

Economic Hardship  Abrupt shift to free-market system  Rampant corruption  Rise of Russian oligarchs

The Vladimir Putin Era 2000-present

Russian Rebound  Consistent economic and standard of living rise  Energy superpower  Revived international prominence

Russo-American Diplomacy  Support in War on Terror  Condemning North Korean 2009 nuclear test  Combined space operations

Alienating the West  2008 Russo-Georgian War  Support of Assad regime in Syria  Political asylum for Edward Snowden  Anti-west rhetoric

Cold War Remnants  Increase in military and nuclear spending  Gaining influence in former Soviet bloc  Some suppression of free speech and censorship  Growing police powers (FSB), Siberian prison camps

Ukraine Crisis 2015 Annexation of Crimea

Current NATO Situation

Encroachment by the West  NATO Missile defense system in Poland and Czech Republic  Induction of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to NATO

Ukrainian Revolution  Ethnically diverse, Russian minority in East Ukraine  Attempts to establish ties to the European Union  Protests after EU membership broke down in favor of Russian loan deal  Pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych ousted

Map of the Crisis

Annexation of Crimea  Ethnic Russians in Crimea  Pro-Russian separatists with Russian assistance occupy Crimean peninsula  Crimean Parliament declares itself independent, vote to join Russia  Putin annexes Crimea into Russia