…and several English-speaking, luxury hotels have sprung up. The local train station and the airport have both been refurbished. Several foreign companies now have a presence there. However, nearly all…
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…rational means-ends accomplishment of goals.” [16] James Mayall, Nationalism and International Society, vol. 10, Cambridge Studies in International Relations (Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 71. [17]…
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…on this earth… [I]mmitation will increase and multiply these qualities and spread them abroad forever in all families. But if injustice and wickedness enter therein, then all is lost; then…
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…private property is protected by law; article 3, paragraph 35, which prohibits the unconditional and compulsory alienation of property for state needs and several other provisions. A national commission to…
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…commercially navigable. They are often not deep enough, wide enough, or straight enough to be efficient enough for commercial shipping. Russia’s harsh winters and extensive permafrost mean that water shipping…
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The following is the second of a two part resource presenting the official video, transcript, and official translation for Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference as given on December 19, 2019….
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…Rodina also has another, more general and much longer platform that consists entirely of seven articles written by Vladimir Putin in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election and four…
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…In 2006, the movement began to push for legal, annual gay pride parades, as to this day only illegal small parades are held (Senzee). Such parades, which are legal cornerstones…
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…increase in energy security. A combination of reasons (international terrorism, regional insurgency, foreign competition) requires states to physically protect their energy supply lines. Through individual bilateral agreements, the US has…
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The following is the official video, transcript, and official translation for Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference as given on December 19, 2019. Note that the text is as given on…
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…of the environment. All over the world, it has been the left-wing parties that have raised environmental protection to the level of national politics. Новый социализм – это справедливость в…
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…24). With the kitchen circles dismantled, the Soviet kitchen, and generations of an evolving kitchen culture, became history. The new Russian kitchen that began with the arrival of capitalism is…
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…and come back every New Year, when we hug our loved ones, our parents, prepare surprises for our children and grandchildren, decorate the New Year tree with them and unpack…
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…and social programs broke down—his ability to mediate between local citizens, big business, and local and regional governments produced positive results for all, making him a popular leader. Sobyanin rose…
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…original English and the translator’s Russian interpretation at the same time. Also at the same time, try to follow the written Russian translation provided below. This written translation was made…
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…Klaus Nielsen, “Varieties of Capitalism: Theoretical Critique and Empirical Observations.” In Varieties of Capitalism and New Institutional Deals: Regulation, Welfare and the New Economy, edited by Wolfram Elsner and Hardy…
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…14 May 2014. <http://jeffsachs.org/2012/03/what-i-did-in-russia/>. Sackur, Stephen. “Yegor Gaidar.” Hardtalk. BBC World. London, United Kingdom, 19 Feb. 2008. Web. 14 May 2014. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7250000/newsid_7253600/7253659.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&ms3=54&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2>. Sakwa, Richard. “The dual state in Russia.” Post-Soviet…
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…Дальше будет больше. The Moscow Central Circle is already familiar. Now we meet the Moscow Central Diameter. These electric trains will go between the city and surrounding region as part…
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…unable “to muster a critical mass of leaders who articulate[d] one or another political discourse that resonate[d] in political society.”[22] Putin is establishing autonomy by going beyond the already given…
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…wide boulevards, albeit often at great expense – tearing down entire historic districts, razing churches and other architectural monuments, and using poorly-treated prison labor. Moscow also saw its number of…
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