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Petro Poroshenko & His Bloc
Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, a pro-Western Ukrainian political party, has an interesting history that revolves around its leader and namesake, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Early Political History This history spans…
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Mikhail Prokhorov: A Real Future
Mikhail Prokhorov (center) standing with the two million signatures he gathered to register as an independent candidate for president. He paid to airlift many of them from many areas of…
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Vladimir Putin: Presidential Platform, 2012
President Dmitry Medvedev officially nominated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the 2011 United Russia convention to replace him as president. In explaining why Putin was the best candidate (and why…
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Nashi: Russian Youth Movement
Nashi is by far Russia’s best-known political youth movement. Founded in 2005 shortly after the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the group is against “those who would give Russia over to…
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United Russia: Election Program, 2011
The following is the pre-election program published by United Russia in preparation for the 2011 Duma elections. While most political parties use the term “Political Program” (политическая программа) or even…
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Russian Roads and Rails
Transportation infrastructure is crucial to the economy of any country. At its most elemental level, an economy is a network of goods and services moving from one set of hands…
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Apartments in Russia: 1917 – Present
When the Soviets took over Russia, it was a mostly rural, agricultural country. Most Russians lived in smaller villages and towns in traditional housing units. The destruction of WWI coupled…
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Anton Siluanov: Russia’s Conservative Minister of Finance
Anton Siluanov is the First Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance for the Russian Federation. A career Ministry of Finance employee, Siluanov has spent his entire professional career…
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A Guide to Russia’s Resources
A brief introduction: Natural resources remain a crucial part of Russia’s economy and play a role in its projection of power abroad. Domestically, resource rents (profits) account for 10.7% of…
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Grocery Shopping in Russia: 1917 – Present
In the past century, Russia has experienced different economic systems and many societal changes. One industry that reflects this, perhaps more than any other, is retail food. Essential for life,…
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Sergei Udaltsov and The Left Front
The above poster pictures Sergei Udaltsov in front of a flag with The Left Front’s logo. The text calls for his release from prison; Udaltsov has been arrested several times…
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Who’s Who in Ukrainian Politics
Ukrainian Politics: Major Issues and Personages (Updated) Nearly all of Ukraine’s political struggles can be understood as stemming from two major sources. The first is a perennial struggle against corruption,…
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Yulia Tymoshenko & Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) Party
A Coalition of Populism and Nationalism Yulia Tymoshenko is perhaps the most powerful, popular, and controversial woman in Eastern European politics. She rose to power quickly during the turbulent 1990s…
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SRAS Students Publish New Volume On Modern Security
SRAS students studying in Warsaw, Poland on the Security and Society in the Information Age program have recently published a new scholarly volume. As part of their program course work,…
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Putin’s New Year Message to Russians in Translation
While Americans gather around TV screens to watch a ball drop on Times Square to bring in the New Year, Russians gather around to watch an annual address before watching…
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Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation: A Guide
COVID-19 Regime: This archive is currently closed and expected to remain so until mid-September or October. The Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation (Архив внешней политики Российской Федерации) was…
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The Russian State Lenin Library: A Guide
The Russian State Library (Российская государственная библиотека), also often known as The Lenin Library, was founded in 1925 on the basis of the book collection of the massive Rumyantsev Museum….
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Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History: A Guide
The Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (Российский государственный архив социально-политической истории) was created in March 1999 by combining the Russian Center for Storage and Study of Documents…
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The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art: A Guide
The Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (Российский государственный архив литературы и искусства) is Russia’s largest repository of materials on the history of Russian literature, music, theater, cinema, visual…
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