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…of sanctions enacted against Russia include the US, Canada, Japan, Moldova, Iceland, Montenegro, Ukraine, Australia, Georgia, Switzerland, Norway, and French Guiana. On March 6th, 2014, экономические санкции против России были…
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…troops, is often cited as one of the final events of the Civil War, sealing the Bolshevik victory. Under the Soviets, growth and development continued with industrial, military, communication, and…
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…geographic area shown in the map above. This includes but is not limited to: politics, security, economics, diplomacy, identity, culture, history, demographics, language, religion, literature, and the arts. Research may…
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…of exporting agricultural goods from Siberia. Soon, the region was providing Moscow and St. Petersburg with wheat, barley, and livestock. Siberia’s historically best known imports, of course, have always been…
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…Extensive negotiations have been conducted, both directly between Moldova and Transdnestria and with various partners such as Russia, Ukraine, Romania, the EU, and the OSCE, yet neither side has been…
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…its industrial base, especially in the production of machinery, steel, chemicals, weaponry, food, paper, and hydrocarbons. There was also a famous brand of camera produced here known as the Kiev…
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…arrests and violence proved unsuccessful. Seven years after the first invasion, Ivan invaded again, slaughtering the population, burning parts of Novgorod, and demanding, and receiving, the complete political subjugation of…
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…again dispersed, travelling westward and settling is places such as Cyprus, Cairo, Venice, Marseilles, Paris, and Holland. Although many Armenians migrated, many stayed. In fact, the Armenians retained a majority…
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…third great Christian kingdom located in the Caucuses. However, in the great clashes between the Romans, Persians, Arabs, and Turks, the Albanians, unlike the Armenians and Georgians, were subsumed into…
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…The country isn’t making progress, the economy has stagnated, dependence on raw materials is rising, social protections, education, science, and culture are disintegrating; material inequality is deepening, a significant number…
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…of the Russian economy that is actively participating in world markets on its own terms in a competitive way,” said Daniel Satinsky, Principal, B.E.A. Associates, Inc., at a 17 April…
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…for more than two years following the dissolution of the USSR. In 1993, however, Voronin helped create a new communist party, the PCRM, and was shortly thereafter elected its leader….
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…often known for a characteristically negative, complaining, pessimistic attitude (although often laced heavily with humor) – “trudno,” literally “difficult,” is commonly used to mean “there’s nothing to be done” or…
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…lads, for Yavlinski one, two.” Acrobatic performances from businessmen, crazy computer graphics, simple drivers, housewives, and fashionable youth all come together “for Grigory” in this video. “Didn’t you hear?” In…
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…Mozambique, which is the world’s 50th most populous nation. Eastern Siberia is rich in timber, diamonds, gold, coal, fur, copper, and tin and has deposits of petroleum, natural gas, and…
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The following articles have been chosen for discussing the political, diplomatic, military, social, and economic causes and potential effects of the current crisis on the Crimean Peninsula. Note that many…
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…compromised from the outset.” Help from Abroad Lines for tobacco, Moscow, ca 1990 In April 1991, the USSR found itself on the edge of catastrophe. Things had gotten so…
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…of Ukraine. Immediately after, however, a political entity known as The Russia Bloc rose, eventually taking the majority in the Crimean Parliament. A representative of the Bloc, Yuriy Meshkov, was…
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