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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…requirements, been unable to elect a president. Thus, most major issues, including Transdnestria, have been long shelved. However, as of March of 2012, both Moldova and Transdnestria have new presidents,…
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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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…investment conference organized by Troika Dialog in New York on October 4th. Other Russia, a consortium of opposition parties, often complains of oppression. The National Bolsheviks, pictured above, are banned…
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…high as 525,000. Delaware’s population, by contrast, is about 917,000. The Abkhazians are concentrated along a string of small towns and villages dotting its Black Sea coast. Its capital, Sukhumi,…
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…mountains. Today, these plains are a heavy patchwork of farms producing cereals, vegetables, poultry, mutton, cattle, and more. About sixty percent of the region’s GDP currently comes from agriculture and…
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…However, in the great clashes between the Romans, Persians, Arabs, and Turks, the Albanians, unlike the Armenians and Georgians, were subsumed into other cultures. This was a long process that…
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…Hearne, and Matthew Kott, Defining Latvia: Recent Explorations in History, Culture, & Politics, (Central European University Press, Budapest, 2022), 239. [2]Ibid., 99. [3]Ibid., 249-250. [4]Ibid., 250. [5]Ibid., 7. [6]Ibid., 34….
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…all, the professionals, students, teachers, and market workers, reported having Russian friends. I also, despite my distinctly ethnic features, had no problems with discrimination during my stay. I was stopped…
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…various “Georgians” will also identify as a smaller subgroup such as Svans, Gurians, Adjarians, Mingrelians, and Imeretians, which has its own language or dialect, history, culture, and identity. This 85%…
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…these will be of interest to anyone hoping to build Russian language skills or to better understand policy, policy implementation, and policy spin in Russia. According to a 2016 poll…
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…these will be of interest to anyone hoping to build Russian language skills or to better understand policy, policy implementation, and policy spin in Russia. According to a 2016 poll…
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…all this, between Moscow and Washington, there are disagreements, but productive contacts continue including on issues such as space, Afghanistan, and the Korean Peninsula. Phrases to watch for: особенности внешней…
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…suffered. These include Jews, Ukrainians, Belorussians, and Germans. Further, some of these groups, particularly Germans and Jews, are, particularly by Polish nationalists, represented as a threat to Polishness. Recognizing the…
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…police force needs to be refurbished and reorganized, infrastructure built and repaired, national security bolstered, welfare and veterans benefits funded, etc, etc. Russia has a lot of money, much more…
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…that America has, e.g., a lack of young voter turnout, the economic crisis of 2008, apathetic citizens, etc. All in all, I was really glad to have this special experience,…
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…authorities предъявили обвинениеaccused former CIA employee Edward Snowden of хищение государственной собственностиtheft of government property, as well as раскрытие данных о национальной оборонеdisclosing national defence information, and умышленная передача секретной…
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…displacement and establishing community agency. Yet, despite these protections, the impacts of pollution, climate change, and the overtaxation of resources have led to health problems including malnutrition, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis,…
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…конкуренции, социального партнерства, ответственности работодателей и надежной защиты прав трудящихся. a country with a market economy, founded on the principles of freedom for and support of business, competition, social partnership,…
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…population, Tatarstan has one of the strongest, fastest growing, and diverse regional economies in Russia. The Tatar people, for whom the republic is named, are of Turkic decent and are…
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