There is no close combat. They learned their lessons after the first campaign three years ago.

They have generally 99 percent Soviet- and Russian-made equipment, and they have all necessary equipment to make effective damage to federal troops and to fight them during a long period of time: Land mines, small...

There are lots of women working in the army, lots of construction troops, railway troops, you name it. And the combat troops, well-equipped and well-trained, there are less than 100,000.

In the coming years, Algeria will account for 20 percent of Russian’s arms exports, while China and India will plummet from 70 percent to 50 percent.