…contributing about 7% of GDP. Government programs have focused on subsidizing farmers rather than addressing the sector’s core challenges and inefficiencies. Economy – Minerals and Industry Georgia’s mountains hold large…
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…received only 12% of the vote. United Russia party’s congress in November, 2009. (Front L-R) Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President Dmitry Medvedev and Parliament Speaker Boris Gryzlov. (Back L-R) Then-Moscow…
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…far-left radicals in Russia. The following statement is Suraykin’s election program and campaign promises as used in the 2018 Russian presidential elections. The platform was translated by Home and Abroad…
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…History with Documents. Boston: Bedford St Martin’s, 2014. Print. The Kitchen Sisters. “How Russia’s Shared Kitchens Helped Shape Soviet Politics.” The Salt. 20 May 2014. National Public Radio. Web. 30…
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…again, throwing the region again into wartime strife. My friend Nane is in her mid-thirties. Her friends Maria and Betty who she introduced me to are about 19 and 20…
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…and the role of административный ресурсadministrative resources have in the elections. Here is a list of the most frequently used methods, according to zaks.ru magazine: Внедрение своих управляемых людей в…
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…was also bolstered by considerable limestone deposits, a building material that was used to build most of the buildings in the city throughout the 19th century. In 1905, Odessa was…
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…beautiful cathedrals, and underground caves that were also used as an important outpost of Kiev’s resistance movement during WWII. Independence Square in Kiev now commemorates Ukraine’s 1991 declaration of independence…
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…with Special Needs and Those with Disabilities. UNICEF. 2009. “Country Profile: Education in Tajikistan,” (accessed March 1, 2012). World Bank. 2011. World Development Indicators Database, (accessed March 1, 2012). …
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…stand outside in the freezing snow and rain for 5 hours, yet on December 10, 2011, I, along with 50,000 Russians, did just that in protest of the recent elections….
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…Russian skills and perhaps even improve my Chinese. I also used the opportunity to gain first-hand insight into how the large population of Chinese in Vladivostok live and interact with…
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…immunity. Moscow’s Gorky Park reopens on week two of the phased reoppening. Photo shared on Twitter by Reuters (@Reuters) June 16, 2020 Moscow’s Policies: Steps and Missteps Moscow’s measures…
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Svyatoslav Ivanovich Vakarchuk is best known as the lead singer of Okean Elzy, arguably Ukraine’s most popular and successful rock band. He has long used his popularity to speak out…
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…material into the sky – was able to take 12 photos before his equipment broke down from radiation exposure. The photos are of very poor quality, as the radiation caused…
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…to sell to his/her “flatmates” first. Only if the neighbors refused, was the owner allowed to sell it to another person. Свои сложности случались, к примеру, при объединении коммунальных квартир….
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…eastern front. For Germany, this created the option of mobilizing it’s armies to the western front, which caused the Allies much consternation. Throughout the war, the Allies had supplied war…
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