Putin and the “Problem of 2008”
…respondents is one that can be largely explained with a quote from Moscow’s Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, given in an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta on October 2nd. “(Putin’s choice is) a…
Read More…respondents is one that can be largely explained with a quote from Moscow’s Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, given in an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta on October 2nd. “(Putin’s choice is) a…
Read More…Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev is the current President of Kyrgyzstan. He is ineligible for reelection in 2017 due to constitutionally imposed term limits. Born in 1956 in a village in the…
Read More…major recipient of Chinese investment. For Russia, Kyrgyzstan is also important as a trade route and military ally. It is also pivotal in controlling the heroin trade from Afghanistan that…
Read More…implications of the annexation of Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine. (Voiced over in English). To combat the intensity of this impact, Siluanov advocated for cutting all 2015 budgetary…
Read More…Kynev, Aleksandr, “Distinctive Features of Interparty Struggle in the Russian Regions,” Russian Politics and Law 49.2 (2011): 87. [51] Ibid., 82. [52] Ibid., 87. [53] Ibid., 87-88. [54] Ibid. [55]…
Read More…1/3, off of Nevsky Prospect. The Krylov House is in the same complex as the Main Library, but its entrance is Sadovaya Ulitsa, 20. The New Building is across from…
Read More…an English translation provided by SRAS.org), is a sincere document full of specific ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrcVEoqg1E Above is one of Mikhael Prokhorov’s first Internet ads. Note that his speech is clear,…
Read More…Russia pushing out or its enemies pushing in. Russia’s military is not as concerned with current conditions, but rather assumes that anything is possible in the future and that if…
Read More…Promotion of Information Technology” Kherson is daily enveloped in smoke from the burning floodplains. People worried about their dachas along the Dnieper River check to see if they are on…
Read More…He used his position as a minority shareholder in the state-owned Transneft to obtain, then publish on his blog, documents implicating the company in multi-billion dollar fraud. He described all…
Read More…to implement reforms and its citizens are open to capitalism). Iwasaki and Suzuki (2014) subdivide the gradualist camp into four groups: “slow-paced gradualism,” “step-by-step gradualism,” “institutional gradualism,” and “eclectic gradualism.”[4]…
Read More…easily imagine that the modernization will continue. Indeed, it is imperative, if Russia’s economy is to continue growing and if it is going to make the next step in improving…
Read More…are better able to learn about practices in the other country, to gain insight into issues on a global perspective, and to establish meaningful relationships in trying times. I applied…
Read More…This would be a valuable tool against Mongol rule. Ivan III – Consolidation of the State Until Ivan III, son of Vasily II, the Grand Duchy of Moscow had been…
Read More…minister in February 2013. Shortly after, the general prosecutor and anti-corruption office launched investigations of ministers from Filat’s Liberal Democratic Party. Filat insists that investigations were politically motivated. Plahotniuc also…
Read More…In the first two stages, foreign enterprises came into the country and expanded rapidly. Auchan opened its first store in Russia in 2002. It has grown to include 311 stores…
Read More…Finally gaining independence in 1991, the young nation was immediately faced with immense hurdles, economic and territorial, that continue to affect its foreign and domestic politics. Introduction to Azerbaijan: Geohistory…
Read More…as it costs twice the amount for Russia to produce oil as its competitor Saudi Arabia, the market may be too volatile to invite such large-scale investment without government intervention….
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Read More…its goals and purposes. The definition offered by Rawi Abdelal in his article “Nationalism and International Political Economy in Eurasia” is useful due to its concise nature and its consideration…
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