…committees, operating on a “territorial-industrial principle,” or by direct referendums. This “territorial-industrial principle” (производственно-территориальный принцип), mentioned several times in the platform, refers to a Soviet-era concept whereby production clusters could…
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…Russia shared during the 1990s, with America intervening quite directly in Russian politics and making substantial investments into Russia for what might be considered as “humanitarian” purposes. In any case,…
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…слышен, роль при определении судеб страны недостаточно заметна. Today, the middle class is already a real social force; it is the social strata that has been called upon to play…
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…of vital natural resources. The world economic crisis is intensifying. Capitalism undermines peoples’ lives by redrawing state borders, through man-made catastrophes, cultural and moral decay, through local wars and the…
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…crisis there was a “dual state,” there was also an imperfect, informal democratic balance of power. However, Yeltsin’s super-presidential system served as a catalyst to an eventu*]}*al rise to Vladimir…
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…factors were not alone in preventing Umed from achieving full social inclusion. Perhaps even more daunting were potential institutional and structural obstacles to Umed’s attainment of educational opportunity. Institutional…
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…which largely confirms the values that have been at Yabloko’s core since its foundation and can also be seen in its official political platform. О новом политическом курсе On A…
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…judiciary, including: the ability to utilize competent and competing counsel, criminal and civil procedure, and trial by jury.[16] Although all of the reforms contributed to a functioning legal system, trial…
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…had been jarred by the perceived political instability (although growth did continue). Some can also be attributed to the fact that much of Yushchenko’s support came from his endorsement by…
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…were drawn up along ethnic lines. The central authorities supported local languages, educated and promoted local elites and thus built new loyalties to the socialist cause and the central state…
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…people might avoid professional medical care: income inequalities and health values. Income-Based Explanations Several authors stress the high cost of medical services as the main reason to avoid professional medical…
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…communications, full assistance must be given to national Ukrainian cultural industries and the production and promotion of high-quality Ukrainian informational, cultural, and educational products, including using the latest technology. All…
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…grievances. Usually, these took the forms of agricultural and financial misdeeds by the landowning noble and/or allegations of physical abuse. They did not ask for freedom (like some slave petitions…
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…would turn the dammed river into political capital that could be used against Uzbek interests. This led to cancellation of a Russian investment contract and a falling out with SinoHydro,…
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…“colonial-type” administration system with the ultimate practical goal of “assimilating a diverse population into a rapidly modernizing state preparing for the transition to socialism.”[19] The goal was to allow the…
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…organ) are added, the total circulation of the Finnish radical press numbered around 60,000. Because newspapers are almost always shared with others, this represents a substantial radical movement within an…
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…relates to territorial integrity. We have resolved all the questions we had, and all the documents are signed. I do not quite understand what a legal evaluation of these actions…
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…female autonomy had a detrimental impact on their social status and self-determination. Soviet law identified single women’s legal issues as questions related to abortion, child abandonment, sexual infection, rape, alimony,…
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…one of Ukraine’s ethnic minorities. The other three articles look at modern and historical social issues in Russia and the USSR. Cooperative Ventures of Russian Civil Societygives an inside look…
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…public lists of candidates for legislature and the voters are allowed to cast their vote only for one party, rather than for individual candidates. Parties are then assigned seats proportional…
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