Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanovis a Russian senior official and statesman. Ivanov was Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia, Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's second government. Since December 2011, Ivanov is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office...
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I know about the incident. The General Staff and the chief-of-staff have launched an investigation and we will announce its results when it is completed.
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India has accepted our proposal to hold exercises next year, this time in Russia and in a broader format that involves several other countries, including NATO members the United States , Britain and France,
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India and China are our strategic partners and we cooperate with them on a very wide range of questions, ... Three-sided exercises are possible in principle but then we should have to then move to the SCO.
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We have put the Cold War behind us. We no longer count our divisions and our warheads. And I am Russia's first civilian defense minister in many centuries. We have become more pragmatic.
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When it comes to culture, religion and mentality, most Russians identify with Europe.
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Because of its huge territory, Russia must devote a great deal of attention to security.
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Russia sees itself as a country that is self-sufficient.
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The Baltic countries are sovereign nations. They have the right to decide which military and political bloc they want to be a part of.
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It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the entire Afghan territory.
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Moscow has been helping the Northern Alliance because the Taliban was openly supported by Pakistan, .. until last week, Pakistani servicemen had taken part in war operations on the Taliban side.
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I believe it is total rubbish...without using the proper American word starting with 'bull'.
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I'd really like to do it. I've heard a lot of good stories from my team-mates.
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The Northern Alliance still has a great number of Pakistani prisoners-of-war, ... the Pakistani administration decided to change its attitude towards helping the Taliban.
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The agreement on the Black Sea fleet base is one part of a bilateral treaty, the second part of which contains recognition of mutual borders. Trying to revise the treaty would be fatal.