Valdai Club

Vladimir Lukin

Ricardo Ernesto Lagorio

John Laughland

Yaroslav Lissovolik

Roderic Lyne

Anatol Lieven

Xiang Lanxin

Ivan Loshkarev

Alla Levchenko

Viktor Litovkin

Russian Federation

Head of TASS military news editorial office.

Materials

Russian Umbrella Over the Iranian Nuclear Power Plant

Iran has a great deal of confidence in Russian weapons. With the rest of anti-Iranian sanctions gone, presumably before the end of 2016, Tehran will continue its purchases of Russian arms.

MAKS-2015: Isolation Broken

The Zhukovsky air show proved to be a big success. Almost 500,000 aviation experts, journalists and spectators were able to appreciate the impressive potential of Russia’s Air Force, Aerospace Force and defense industry.

American Ads for Russian Weapons

The National Interest and its authors so persistently publish in-depth stories about nuclear weapons, which, in their own words, are losing their value. And why do they, at the same time, try to spook their readers with the specter of Russia’s rising might and highly effective combat systems, including conventional and nuclear weapons?

Pentagon's New Cold War Strategy

The Pentagon’s new strategy, which outlines possible military actions against revisionist states and violent extremist organizations and incudes complaints about Iran, North Korea, China and terrorist organizations such as the “Islamic State”, is actually a proclamation of a new cold war against Russia.

SIPRI Stats and Military Bookkeeping

The SIPRI researchers observed an increase in military spending in the states contiguous to Russia since the start of the Ukraine crisis. The leading Western countries feel comfortable having their terrified Eastern European neighbors as a buffer. They are not in a hurry to throw more money into the NATO pot.

How to Interpret the Idea of a European Army

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker told Germany’s Welt am Sonntag that the time has come for Europe to have an army of its own. “A joint European army,” he said, “would show the world that there would never again be a war between EU countries.

NATO’s Threat to National Defense

NATO says its wants to work with Moscow, but then announces plans to strengthen perimeter defenses in Eastern Europe, forming a 30,000-strong Response Force and a 5,000-strong Spearhead Force. There are plans to deploy six command-and-control centers in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and a new training center in Georgia.

The Goal of Training Exercises Is to Prevent War

Military exercises are held in order to prevent a war rather than prepare for one. If a potential enemy knows and sees that the Russian Army is constantly improving its skills and adopting state-of-the-art combat equipment and combat support systems he will hardly risk aggression against these Armed Forces and the country they defend.

Russia Won’t Play into Washington’s Hands

Russia doesn’t see Ukraine as an enemy. This perspective is simply inconceivable. Ukraine could never be Russia’s enemy. It is a fraternal state and part of Russians’ history and life.

Ukraine Should Not Count on the West to Pay to Reform its Army

The Ukrainian government should realize that even if the United States decides to supply it with weapons, these won’t come in large numbers. It is impossible to supply all Ukrainian army units with NATO-standard arms and equipment. It is becoming obvious that Ukraine will have to pay to reform its army itself.

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