Russian interference operations against the United States during the 2016 presidential election were vast and complex. That’s the conclusion drawn by Special Counsel Mueller, as well as by the Department of Justice, the Intelligence Community, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in the course of their respective investigations. The Russian government waged a well-documented, sustained campaign to weaken the United States, using multiple tools and tactics, damage our democracy and divide our citizens. That campaign continues today.
https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/fact-sheet-what-we-know-about-russias-interference-operations/
Human capital is fleeing Russia. Since President Vladimir Putin’s ascent to the presidency, between 1.6 and 2 million Russians – out of a total population of 145 million – have left for Western democracies. This emigration sped up with Putin’s return as president in 2012, followed by a weakening economy and growing repressions. It soon began to look like a politically driven brain drain, causing increasing concern among Russian and international observers.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/putin-exodus
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia faced a complex set of problems, the solution of which was historically significant for it. The inertia of that disintegration continued inside the Russian Federation itself, as the nuclei of the Russian and Soviet empires. So Russia was in a systemic crisis facing the threat of economic, social, and geopolitical disaster and the loss of its own statehood. Awareness of the consequences of the collapse of the USSR led the Russian elite and the Russian society to understanding the loss of the status of the Great Nation. Thus, the return of this status has been perceived as a fundamental need for Russia. Hence, the return was understood as the return of the former territories of the Russian Empire to Russia and the restoration of the influence of the former USSR in the world.
1. Analysis of the current state of the economy of Russia.
Current economic situation in real terms. Despite the continued favourable for the Russian Federation international economic situation at the energy markets in the first half of 2018, the development of its economy was characterized by the low rate of growth.
Introduction
An important place in the complex of measures aimed at counteracting aggression is the ability to bring the aggressor to legal liability. Legal measures to counteract aggression are as important as measures of a military, economic, diplomatic nature both at the national legislative level and internationally.
Ukraine remains the object of military aggression on the part of the Russian Federation, which engages in aggression through large-scale terrorist attacks. Under concerted diplomatic efforts in Geneva, Normandy and other formats, Russia does not fulfill its obligations to respect universally accepted norms of international law.
Hungary's coordinated anti-Ukrainian policy reveals the true essence of the ruling in that country regime of V. Orban — the main conductor of Russian interests in Central and Eastern Europe. Last week, Hungary once again confirmed this, having blocked the NATO's special meeting on Ukraine, which was scheduled for October 3-4, 2018. At this, Budapest once again made far-fetched accusations against Ukraine about the alleged violation of the rights of the Hungarian minority on its territory.