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Contemporary World History: Russia

Contemporary World History: Russia Russian authorities have repeatedly tried to play down the political importance of Alexei Navalny, the opposition politician who was poisoned in Siberia five months ago, saying he is unpopular. President Vladimir Putin, while answering questions from reporters in December on the poison attack, said, ‘who needs him anyway’. But the arrest of the 44-year-old Kremlin critic upon his return to Moscow on Sunday — he left the country in a coma from the near-fatal chemical attack — only belies such claims. The authorities diverted his plane to a different airport on the outskirts and detained him…

19 January, 2021 Cold war

Proxy war-New Cold War

Proxy war-New Cold War Part of: GS-I- Contemporary World History (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) China is soon to become the largest economy in the world. It’s growth is based on technology, innovation and trade, which sought to balance U.S. military superiority, and has fueled the strategic rivalry between the two countries. The rising tensions between the US and China have prompted many experts to warn of a new Cold War akin to the Cold War between the US and USSR. In 2017, the US National Security Strategy called China as “a revisionist power” seeking “to erode American security and prosperity” and “shape a…

01 July, 2020 Cold war

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