Despite Russia’s economic slowdown, the Kremlin remains intent on pursuing an assertive foreign policy in 2016, says the Statement for the Record Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, published on the website of U.S. Senate on February 9.
According to the author, “Since the crisis began in Ukraine in 2014, Moscow has redoubled its efforts to reinforce its influence in Eurasia. Events in Ukraine raised Moscow’s perceived stakes for increasing its presence in the region to prevent future regime change in the former Soviet republics and for accelerating a shift to …read more
Source: Arminfo
