…Federal State Statistics Service, Online here and here, accessed April 18, 2014. [85] International Monetary Fund, Online. And, Federal State Statistics Service, Online, last accessed February 16, 2015. [86] Federal…
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…has evolved and expanded since its conception. Now an integrated part of Ukraine’s formal military forces, its leaders are currently active in local and national politics. Although they have been…
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…local civil societies who work with social issues. Global civil society consists of actors outside of governments, generally focusing on social problems. Rapidly, global civil society is becoming, “… not…
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The following is the official video, transcript, and official translation for Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference as given on December 14, 2017. Note that the text is as given on…
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…more philosophical underpinnings of linguistic and cultural rights, explaining that, “Cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible and interdependent. The flourishing of creative diversity…
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…closing down of all liberal and socialist newspapers in the middle of 1918 was a natural step in the process of ever-increasing repression.”[27] It was not entirely final, however; some…
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…Amendment Briefing Book. Forest Trends, The Nature Conservancy, and Environmental Investigation Agency [In English and Chinese]. Environmental Investigation Agency – EIA. (2007). Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers: How Wal-Mart’s Sourcing Practices Encourage…
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…“The Charter of the International Volunteer Public Organization ‘Memorial Historical, Educational, Human Rights and Charitable Society.’” Memorial. www.memo.ru/eng/about/charter.htm (English version) // http://www.memo.ru/about/ustav.htm (Russian version) (accessed April 23, 2012). Memorial Human…
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…even write—his own columns. Staff editorials were always unsigned and used the editorial “we.” They were invariably brief and usually written with a great deal of poise and restraint, as…
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…vice versa, and any deed that was instantly coded as moral/immoral had real material consequences. Image 7. Soviet social advertisement (1930s), source: online This is evident in the discursive construction…
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…of the USSR in 1991. Despite efforts by the EU and Russian Federation to develop peaceful relations, political conflicts exist between these two entities over the economic, political, and cultural…
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…geopolitical importance of energy in international relations would be important and timely. I am also very interested in the connection between xenophobia and post-socialism, how Serbia’s connection with Russia might…
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…Only four of the five apply in the case of the EEU: the trade paradox, the aspirational paradox, the participation paradox, and the sovereignty paradox.[29] Despite the claims of Russian…
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…argues for wide-reaching consequences of glasnost’, including ‘ideological erosion, regime delegitimation, religious revival, politicisation of elites and masses, enhancement of national consciousness and environmental concern.'[36] Although only the enhancement of…
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…did not entirely resolve the conflict between Moldova and Transnistria, it did end the warfare (Dressler 2006). The end of the war marked a turning point, which would dramatically alter…
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…Online, Open-Access back to top The Directory of Open Access Journals is the largest listing of open access articles and journals online. The Bridge-MOST is run by The International Association…
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…(USAID) and other US government agencies, local and international organizations, universities, local and international environmental non-governmental organizations, and host country governments. Our projects tap into the wide array of technical…
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…and Oral History Focused The Gulag, Purges, and Political Terror Currency and Economy Focused WWII (Great Patriotic War) Architecture and Engineering Other Archives in Russia Color Code: Red links are…
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…to cultivate political influence through non-governmental channels. Through the creative application of grassroots strategies, environmental organizations have occasionally become influential in local environmental politics, and they have gained some substantial…
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…independence, including publishing and editorial freedom should be recognized in all media.” They also work with The International Federation of Journalists. MediaKratia is a national association encouraging journalists and civil…
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