Igor Sechin
…and finally into the Presidential Administration under Putin. From 1999 until 2008 (Putin’s first two terms), Sechin served as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. In this role, he held…
Read More…and finally into the Presidential Administration under Putin. From 1999 until 2008 (Putin’s first two terms), Sechin served as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. In this role, he held…
Read More…every government tier. Social advancement, which should guarantee the advancement of talented people, is squelched as hiring choices are ruled by “favoritism.” The children, relatives, and friends of high-ranking officials…
Read MoreWhile Americans gather around TV screens to watch a ball drop on Times Square to bring in the New Year, Russians gather around to watch an annual address before watching…
Read More…supporters of Bakiyev seized various administrative and government buildings in Osh and Jalalabad. While the situation in Osh did not immediately lead to serious violence and was defused successfully, Jalalabad…
Read MoreUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian, gave a rather long and unusual New Year address to Ukrainians this year. The message focused on patriotism and unity and spent considerable…
Read More…Kyrgyzstan’s newly adopted constitution. Earlier that same year, the country had experienced a revolution which had several repercussions: the toppling of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev; the installation of an interim government…
Read More…to become an autonomous entity in 1943. The church had been founded in the fourth century AD but usurped by the Russian Orthodox Church under the Russian empire during the…
Read More…point. I just did not know when and how. However, as an adviser to Charles River Ventures in the Boston area, I had the fateful opportunity to attend a Charles…
Read MoreWhile Americans gather around TV screens to watch a ball drop on Times Square to bring in the New Year, Russians gather around to watch an annual address before watching…
Read More…liver, their nerves or their morals would be well advised to go to www.yoga.rufor a list of the addresses. Svetlana Zakharova T&B counts ourselves fortunate to share a century with…
Read More…original political platform of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation when that party was formed as a successor to the banned Communist Party of the Soviet Union. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkc46DHb7rM A…
Read More…add cars to the trains – and will probably have to increase the frequency of the trains themselves to fully meet demand. Ironically, those using the old elektrichka system reported…
Read More…— — Russian (Others) 0.349* -0.021 — — American (Others) -0.143 0.646*** -.255 — Russ and Other USSR (Self) — -0.375* — -0.199 Note. The “Russ and Other USSR (Self)”…
Read More…period. However, again, he had always had popular support, especially in the country’s east. Also, given that Yanukovych was the main opposition to the government in power during a time…
Read More…any support, even from their European allies. Another topic that was exhaustively discussed was the nuclear disarmament of the Korean Peninsula, which had actually reached a dead end after unsuccessful…
Read More…parks, and the city itself (which had been renamed Petrograd in 1914 and Leningrad in 1924) with traditional Russian names. The 1990s, however, are also associated with corruption. The mafia…
Read More…yellow) and the formerly disputed region of Gagauzia (in pink), a region that had also once sought independence but which instead negotiated a status of “autonomous region” within the Moldovan…
Read More…of the princes. Furthermore, in addition to ensuring the the census, the basqaqi oversaw conscription of the local populace (Martin, 150). Existing sources and research indicates that the basqaqi had…
Read MoreWhile Americans gather around TV screens to watch a ball drop on Times Square to bring in the New Year, Russians gather around to watch a Presidential annual address before…
Read More…scholarly article on modern authors working to produce Russian-language literature in Kyrgyzstan. Lastly, Чьи эти прилагательные? Russian Possessive Adjectives gives an in-depth look at those fascinating little adjectives! Each contribution…
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