…Web. 16 Jan. 2012. <http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110603/164423613.html>. Hans, Oversloot, Joop Van Holteyn, and Ger P. Van Den Berg. “Against All: Exploring the Vote ‘Against All’ in the Russian Federation’s Electoral System.” Journal…
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Background: Pension reform has become a pressing issue in Russia. Russia currently has one of the world’s lowest retirement ages (55 for women and 60 for men), unchanged since Soviet…
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…dignity, and honor.” This “authentic humaneness” of “socialist humanism” is contrasted to the bourgeoise capitalist “illusions and abstract dreams of human happiness” – apparitions which had been replaced in the…
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…by stereotypes of Russian mail-order brides. For example, in the 2001 British film, Birthday Girl, Nicole Kidman plays a Russian mail-order bride who leaves Russia to marry a lonely British…
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…spreading…where unreason would be entirely contained.”[20] This notion of getting rid of undesirables by categorizing them as insane is a familiar theme in Russian history. In 1836, Russian philosopher Pyotr…
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…with one another. Russian President Vladimir Putin commented in 2017 that “artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia but of all mankind. There are huge opportunities, but also…
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…society paid particular attention to the development of public medicine in Russia and especially to Zemstvo Medicine, a new system of medicine designed for the rural population of Russia. The…
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Tourism in Russia today makes up approximately 16% of the nation’s economy; however, “ecotourism” comprises only about 1% of Russia’s tourism sector. Given that 65% of Russia’s diverse lands are…
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…Russian to reveal its English translation. Briefly on Russian Demographics Much has been written on Russian демографияdemographics over the past three decades. In the 1990s, the population of Russia plummeted…
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…Russia «ЕДИНАЯ РОССИЯ» будет добиваться, чтобы 60% российских семей располагало возможностью самостоятельно решить свою жилищную проблему. United Russia will labor so that 60% of all Russian families will be able…
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…Khan in 1824 and growing Russian administrative control throughout the 19th century.[14] With the growth of central administrative control came a growing Russification of the steppe, as Russian farmers moved…
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…Polish ruling elite. As the Armenians practised their own Armenian Orthodox religion, they were in communion neither with the Catholic rulers of the Commonwealth nor with the majority Ruthenian Orthodox…
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…report and Russian-language transcript were originally published by Russia’s First Channel. The English translation of the transcript is provided by GeoHistory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U_76FbGG1Y В столичном регионе заработал новый вид общественного транспорта…
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…столице. Moscow’s annual budget is more than 1.6 trillion rubles, comparable to that of New York City. This is 140,000 rubles for every Muscovite, including children. This money is absolutely…
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…China may hold the purse strings, Russia controls the product and, despite the fact that both sides continue to explore future arms sales possibilities, Russia’s state-run defense industry may choose…
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…Geopolitics and Russian Refrigerators Sanctions have generally meant advantages for locally-owned brands in Russia. In retaliation for US and EU sanctions against Russian businesses and individuals, Russia banned the import…
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…and colonial addition to their economy. Although relatively recent, Russian rule has substantially affected modern Georgia, particularly under the Soviets who collectivized agriculture, pushed industrialization, and spread the Russian language…
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…of well-documented surveys from 1992-2000, the majority of Russians held the concept of rule of law in high esteem and the Russian disposition towards the rule of law seemed to…
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…to Russian life than to American society, I determined to stay on, and I lived in Russia and Central Asia for most of the next decade. I found tremendous support…
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…Russia’s banking sector to work toward the overall growth of Russia’s economy, Russia’s Central Bank has worked aggressively to boost regulations, enforce them, and close weaker banks. This has been…
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