…intent to re-ignite construction of the Soviet-era project and “referred to the construction of the dam as ‘our national idea’ and a ‘battlefield’ for ‘national pride and honor.’”[3] Located on…
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…From my post in Armenia, I watched CNN, EuroNews and the Russian channels. The Russian coverage was worst to watch. The announcers pretended that there was a contest. From the…
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…a series of conflicts broke out between Russia and Persia. Russia, largely through better armaments and tactics, defeated the Persians in almost every battle and, by 1828, the Russians came…
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…farm land, creating health problems and reducing crop yields. The Aral Sea once hosted an important fishing industry. Today, many ships remain where they were last docked, which today a…
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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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Ukraine’s Party of Regions is criticized as pro-Russian and even as supportive of Russian nationalists in Ukraine. It is often criticized as a political vehicle for President Victor Yanukovych and…
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…the Varangians’, the tale that the Russian people ‘called their rulers from beyond the sea’ in the form of the Rurikid Dynasty, supposedly of Viking origin, to avoid dirtying themselves…
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…understand Kremlin policy and how that policy is being presented to Russians via Russia’s major news outlets. According to a 2016 poll by the independent Levada Center, 80% of Russians…
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…encapsulated by the concept of Russian chauvinism, wherein it was perceived that ethnic Russians and Russian culture had been promoted in an attempt to drown out national cultures. Party organizers…
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…the 2012 elections. Both have been translated by Home and Abroad Scholars at the School of Russian and Asian Studies from Russian translations of the Ukrainian original texts. Jump to…
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…two key components of nationalism: it provides an example of failed unification nationalism and also demonstrates the role of elite competition in generating nationalism. The decline of pro-Romanian nationalism in…
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…Russians but expensive for foreigners, orphanages profit from international adoption. Some worry that, for this reason, officials will favor American families over Russian families in the adoption process. Because Russian…
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…in 2004, administered prices made up 13% of the Russian CPI and 10.9% in the Czech Republic.[6] Consistent with an LME emphasis on the rule of financial institutions and the…
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…the concepts of Russian social consciousness, Russian culture, and in general all that is associated with Russia will occur. The adjective “Russian” will shed it’s associations with all that is…
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…World Championship, in which national teams from around the world compete. National teams can consist of any player who holds the same nationality of the team, regardless of which country…
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…российских компаний за рубежом, а также содействие экономической и технологической модернизации страны; – Make the main goal of Russian foreign policy to protect the interests of Russian citizens and Russian…
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…with Russia, as well as the nation’s independence and dignity. The immediate external enemy for these nationalists is Russia, which threatens and undermines their country’s autonomy and has done so…
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Sports has long been a vehicle for cultural diplomacy. This summer, Russia hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Early June brought a plethora of foreign sports fans entering the Russian…
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…with Russia as unnecessary and, ultimately, ineffective because of continued corruption and anti-democratic practices within Russia. Realist factions in Russia, notably followers of Zhirinovsky and other nationalist leaders, also undermined…
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…would vote for United Russia again. United Russia was the result of a merger between the Unity and the Fatherland – All Russia political parties, which had previously been rivals….
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