…original political platform of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation when that party was formed as a successor to the banned Communist Party of the Soviet Union. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkc46DHb7rM A…
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…unusually quiet and comfortable commutes on these days. Another incident occured when President Vladimir Putin arrived to see one of the new lines on the first day of operation. To…
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…Congress of Russian Communities, a related nationalist social movement he leads and also founded. Photo from RFE/RL. Running on a platform that emphasized patriotism, nationalism, and a greater role for…
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…of the type of Christian monarchy with a hierarchal aristocracy that would come to dominate Europe in the middle ages. However, this unified state soon broke into a number of…
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…features new issues of this resource) by email, simply sign up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI8QV3Oz06E Владимир Путин и Майк Помпео обсудили широкий круг вопросов — от международной повестки до двусторонних отношений Vladimir Putin…
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…presidency. As chairman of Gazprom, Russia’s largest company, Medvedev has already gifted the city with that company’s headquarters (and thus vastly improving its tax base). It is unlikely Medvedev will…
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…to what was at the time probably a small fishing village. He said: “Come to me, brother, please come to Moscow.” Ten years later a wooden wall was constructed to…
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…political successes have been relatively few and infighting has been commonplace. Leonid Gozman (forefront, right) at “March Nesoglasnikh,” an annual opposition-wide event. Photo from Limonov2012.com The party was originally headed…
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…to deflect attention from Chernobyl by exposing atomic energy accidents in the West, though none of these caused damage comparable to what had already been wrought in Pripyat. “About 20,000…
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…additional decisions concerning the maternity capital, which should also come into effect on January 1, 2020. Уже при рождении первенца семья получит право на материнский капитал в его сегодняшнем объёме….
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian, gave a rather long and unusual New Year address to Ukrainians this year. The message focused on patriotism and unity and spent considerable…
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Vladimir Putin speaks at the United Russia Party Covention in November, 2009. Although he is the party leader, he is not a member. Photo from UPI.com (Continued from Part I)…
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…of Russky Island with business, sport, and university complexes and a massive bridge. The video above, in Russian, overviews the complexes and discusses the bridge, which is being held up…
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…outdoor bazaar, Osh is one of Central Asia’s major commercial centers and one of its oldest, most socio-culturally diverse cities. Yet the diversity of Osh has clashed in violence in…
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…viewing the publicly accessible scanned documents. There are many sockets, and the lunch break is very short, only 20 minutes, so a researcher can comfortably work all day long. RGVIA…
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…director of the hotel, and we set off to see the head of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party. All of this commotion ensued because the Regional Committee had…
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…Bank’s compliance with law, it is controlled by the Prosecutor General’s Office and other bodies. I admit that sometimes certain reports come in but none of them have been confirmed….
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…68% in the highly disputed 2007 elections. This was despite United Russia only officially having 257,000 members, lagging behind the Communists (500,000) and even the Liberal Democratic Party (600,000), which…
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…of parliament and thereby assumed the interim presidency. He retained the position until communist defections allowed for the election of compromise candidate Nicolae Timofti fifteen months later. Lupu is a…
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…some as a threat to the communist body politic, a threat which grew directly out of the dangerous policies of NEP which, coming after war communism, concerned the communists.[5] The…
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