Moldovan Politics: The Rise of Vladimir Plahotniuc
…in an illegal hunting party in which a young businessman was shot and killed. What actually happened was never fully uncovered, but the scandal was enough to fully break the…
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Azerbaijan: A People from the Mists of Time
…Kura River. Although its borders are mountainous, Azerbaijan faces multiple security issues. Approximately 13% of its territory is occupied by Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway republic allied with neighboring Armenia that is…
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Moldovan Politics: Presidential Crises 2009-2018
…new government. Although this was technically within the letter of the law, many found it illogical that an official just dismissed by parliamentary vote should be, essentially, immediately reinstated. The…
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Kyrgyzstan’s Latest Revolution
…to avoid some pitfalls and move from being the only democracy in Central Asia to being the only parliamentary-presidential democracy in the region. The new constitution will allow political party…
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Igor Sechin
…and publically criticized the government. Meanwhile, less politically vocal oligarchs—who likely could have been prosecuted under similar charges—were left untouched by law enforcement. About a year after his arrest, Khodorkovsky’s…
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Osh & The Fergana Valley: Diversity and Division
…created Soviet republics of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, even though the entire valley had traditionally been heavily Uzbek. Further, when the Soviets industrialized Osh during the 1960s, they encouraged the local…
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Vyacheslav Volodin
…as a successor. Family, Education, and Early Political Career Volodin was born in the village of Alekseevka outside of Saratov on February 2, 1964. From a highly devout Orthodox family,…
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Vestnik – Issue 5, Fall 2006
…examines the current state of the Russian military in light of the relatively new theories and study of military learning. Lastly, although the New Great Game, referring to current struggle…
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US-Russia Cybersecurity Cooperation: Future Paths and Historical Perspective
…external information threats, allowing to ensure the constitutional human and civil rights and freedoms, the decent quality and standard of living for citizens, the sovereignty, the territorial integrity and sustainable…
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On the Eve of Crimean Independence
…all suitcases are put away and that fascist thugs exist only in the Russian media. They listen as if they agree, but it’s clear, that they don’t really believe us…
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The Russian State Archive of Economics: A Guide
…14:00 and 15:00-18:00 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10:00 – 13:00 and 14:00-17:00 Friday: 10:00 – 16:00. Closed on Saturday and Sunday and the last working day of each month (sanitarny den)….
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The Russian State Lenin Library: A Guide
…Osmonov National Library of Kyrgyzstan Posted: 16 February 2023 In 1934, the National Library of Kyrgyzstan was formed following the merging of the Frunze City Library and the Library of…
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Study Guides
…a section) General News and Information Some Basics of Politics, Economy, and Geography Foreign Aid and State-led or… comments A Guide to Media and Journalism in Russia Posted: 21 July…
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Lara Peterson: Employment in Russia’s Wilderness
…(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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The Soviet Union in Angola: Soviet and African Perspectives on the Failed Socialist Transformation
…that, even though the Soviets had supposedly developed a friendly alliance with Angola, they did not take action when there was aggression by the South African military. When military action…
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Kiev: At the Center of a Divided Country
…that the city’s name can be understood to mean “Kyi’s” in Ukrainian. However, other historians believe that the city may originally been have been founded by Turkic peoples, possibly the…
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Anton Siluanov: Russia’s Conservative Minister of Finance
…he began his mandatory two years of military service in the Soviet Army, required of all adult men. He left active duty in May 1989. Following this, Siluanov spent the…
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Fair Russia: Foreign Policy Wish List
…technology parks. In 2007 he left the Communist Party, saying that they had “fallen under Kremlin control” and joined Fair Russia, a social democratic party. That same year he was…
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Renting in Russia: Language, Legalities, and Culture
…to снятьrent or арендоватьrent generally have to deal with the владелец квартирыapartment owner, either через агентствоthrough an agency or напрямуюdirectly. Often, renters жилецunofficial term—tenant (also sometimes квартирантunofficial term—tenant) and landlords,…
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Lviv: A Turbulent Time Capsule
…as an economic hub, as nine railways eventually converged on the city, allowing construction, trade, transport and industry to develop rapidly. The city also branched intellectually as foreign businessmen flooded…
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