…consumer confidence. Second, new names appeared on Russia’s roster of billionaires. Andrei Rogachev and Sergei Galitsky have each built a chain of discount grocery stores. Rustam Tariko formed an import/export…
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…energy giant Gazprom, citing $2.2 billion in unpaid gas deliveries, has cancelled Ukraine’s contract and is now charging “non-discounted” prices – at a rate of about 80% more than what…
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…be renamed in his honor пожизненно возглавлять: to head (an organization) for life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKY_dV9j8gM Garbage Reform in Russia Considerable coverage was given by Western media and thinktanks to the…
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…Putin and has been the “main architect” of Putin’s economic policies. Siluanov at the 2011 G20 Summit in Cannes, France with Medvedev, Storchak, and Dvorkovich. Source: http://www.kremlin.ru/ In 2012 Siluanov…
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…interactive map displaying water quality and composition throughout Russia. The site also shares information (in Russian only) on the location of its laboratories and territorial departments, as well as health…
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…History According to one version of the legend, Warsaw was originally grounded on the site of the hut of a fisherman named Wars, who saved a lost local prince from…
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…and foreigners alike as the site of the bloodiest battle of the Second World War. Today, Volgograd is an industrial city and transport hub with the Volga River as its…
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…sites in California and Alaska, aboard Aegis-equipped destroyers in the Pacific Ocean and on a 28-story floating radar station known as the SBX. Now, also under consideration is a proposed…
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…text is presented below in side-by-side translation from the Russian. The text was originally written in Ukrainian. That version can be seen here on Zelensky’s official site. The Russian version…
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…world uranium market. Note that the website is available in two languages: Russian and English! The Aluminum Association delivers a free news service, a monthly online publication, and market analysis…
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…to educate people at home about these unique places and thier cultures, our Family of Sites features information covering thousands of webpages across six different sites, much of it written…
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…fully online. Surely, use of online services will go up; people have few other options if they are not allowed to leave their homes. Many will have first-time experiences in…
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…higher respect, and it is now a prerequisite for higher education or a career in government. However, economic and international realities have contributed to a shift in priorities in the…
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…Zone 1 (central Warsaw including a portion across the river), then you’ll need to buy a ticket which includes that zone. If you’re staying longer than a month, consider buying…
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…leaders with a nickel-plated Kalashnikov rifle replica, symbolic of the need to “be ready to work defensively.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf4BcmQ52A Aired in 2005, this controversial political ad led to Rodina’s temporary fall…
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…influence legislation. Tensions mounted and rumors circulated that Plahotniuc was using his new role in politics to “buy the country” in the words of then-Prime Minister Filat, a political rival…
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Is Russia’s new launch site a long term liability or a strategic asset? April 28 marked the first successful rocket launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome located in the Russian Far…
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…but a prosperous settlement called Almatu formed on the site to service the Silk Road perhaps 1000 to 1500 years ago. The site became one of contention between the Russians…
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…perceived necessity by the challenges that those ambitions faced. Kyiven Rus, a few years before Moscow was founded. Moscow’s future site, on a relatively minor river, has been added with…
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…what the people considered to be the powerful forces at play and many came on pilgrimages to see the wonders the site offered. Kingdoms rose and fell throughout the centuries…
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