Throw in an outsized security budget (thanks to terrorist threats from a southwestern
Russia Jihadist group) and a massive corruption problem (opposition politicians estimated that Putin's cronies pocketed up to $ 30 billion), and it's not tough to see how Russia massively overran its $ 12 billion budget.
Not exact matches
The cease - fire that had been brokered between the US and
Russia between forces loyal to Assad and the assorted rebel
groups opposing it — designed to allow Moscow and Washington to join forces and smash IS and the other
jihadist groups — agreed upon on September 12, is over.
While there is so far no evidence that the brothers were associated to international
jihadist groups, in August 2012, soon after returning from a long visit to
Russia, Tamerlan created a YouTube channel with links to a number of videos including sermons or interviews with radical preachers.
For the first time, the United States and
Russia conducted combined airstrikes on an Islamic State - controlled oil field in Raqqa in eastern Syria, a major part of a half a billion dollar crude industry sustaining the
jihadist group, the Sunday Express reported.