The Russian Federation has become the largest supplier of military equipment to Latin American countries, overtaking the United States of America between 2008 and 2009. However, is Uncle Sam interfering with Brazil’s military modernization program? If the Brazilian Air Force has declared it prefers the Sukhoi SU-35 BM, why is Brasilia pondering other alternatives?

04.02.2010
The Russian economy has been having dizzy ups and downs during the recent years. The main reason for such a fluctuation is Russia’s dependence on raw materials, presumably crude and natural gas. Russia successfully avoided an economic disaster, though. The basic part of the economic infrastructure and the banking system of the nation were preserved

03.02.2010
The number of unemployed Russians has grown by 35,000 people and made up 2.166 million as of January 27. The number of those who can be fired from their jobs is about 480,000 people. About 940,000 have already been fired. President Medvedev said at the end of 2009 that temporal unemployment in Russia was the most dangerous consequence of the global crisis

29.01.2010
In 2009, Russia’s defense export giant Rosoboronexport sold arms in the amount of $7.4 billion, the company’s director Anatoly Isaikin told RIA Novosti news agency. In the future, Russia plans to increase the export of arms and would even be ready to sell weapons to Iraq and Afghanistan. The company’s export had increased 2.4 times from 2001 to 2009, he added. Today Rosoboronexport ships Russian-made military hardware to over 70 countries of the world