Russia as a donor and its aid to other countries

Venezuela
Case of Syria
Case of Ukraine
Conclusion

Russian Federation to be a recipient in the early 1990s and 2000s?
When did Russia decide to emerge as a new donor?
Which countries are the recipients of the Russian aid?

Venezuelan political structure (socialists)
Reasons for it during Chavez's and Maduro’s reigns (debt burden relief, socio-political instability)
Russian-Venezuelan arms trade (Top Customer)
Russia’s share on Venezuelan market = 0,39% (UNCTAD)
Mutual commodity turnover = $2 billion
Russian investment and loans to Venezuela are numerous
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Interest in decision-making strategy affection (Ciccarillo, 2016)

Syria? (reasons)  and what are the purposes?
Why not other countries in that region?
To what extent had Russia interfered into domestic affairs of Syria?
How had Russian aid to Syria affected IR?

and to undermine American Influence in ME region. )
to test out the capabilities of its newly-expanded military.
Russian economic interests (to ensure that European reliance on Russian gas would not be undermined)

Ukraine?
What were the main purposes?
Why Ukraine and not another country?
Was there any influence on institutional development and policy making?
The events in Crimea (2014) and its influence on diplomatic relations.
Was it successful or not?
Consequences of aid:
Independence of Ukraine

most illustrative & demonstrative

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Brezhneva, A., & Ukhova, D. (2013, July 15). Russia As A Humanitarian Aid Donor. In Oxfam International. Retrieved from https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/dp-russia-humanitarian-donor-150713-en.pdf
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Ciccarillo, S. G. (2016). The Russia-Latin America Nexus: Realism in the 21st Century. Review of International Studies.
Dreher, A., Fuchs, A., Parks, B., Strange, A. M., & Tierney, M. J. (2017, October 10). Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset. In AIDDATA A Research Lab at William & Mary. Retrieved from http://docs.aiddata.org/ad4/pdfs/WPS46_Aid_China_and_Growth.pdf