Russian Rearmament Pits Politics Against Economics
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced this week a large-scale military rearmament program, which he says will require considerable resources despite difficulties associated with the current global economic crisis. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky examines some of the political and economic realities that could be driving Mr. Medvedev's proposal as well as hinder it.
