…a natural barrier between warring empires. Thus, control of the land bridge represents substantial opportunities for trade, but also a crucial military bottleneck. The Caucasus themselves, however, a rugged land…
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…those energy-hungry countries. The Russian government has also proposed building an “International Uranium Enrichment Centre” in nearby Angarsk. The project is supported both by the US government and the International…
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…through direct participation and passive observation, was an intricate network of organizations, people, and energies that invested all their zeal into the development of the local community and the local…
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…and Ingushetia have been allowed to reach their agreement without formal federal action. There are multiple other territorial disputes between Russia’s federated entities and disputes between territories and the federal…
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…several government-owned enterprises that are seen as having privileged positions in several markets. [10] These have been two other hot political/economic issues. The privatizations of the 1990s were largely seen…
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…Integration coalition won a small majority, but still not enough to pass a presidential candidate on its own. Voronin resigned his office and a 4-year constitutional crisis ensued with annual…
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…as a federal subject. Thus, relative moderation and mutual interests have worked together to allow Tatarstan to effectively negotiate for more independence, but also ensure that it has peacefully remained…
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…be a way of testing Volodin’s competency in a much more public role. Putin has long been vocal of his approval of Volodin and Putin’s endorsement is likely to be…
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…million people, is also the capital of its surrounding oblast, which is also known as Volgograd. Both political entities have been the site of several many post-Soviet scandals and upsets….
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…simply understand the injustice of it all. The characters’ goal through all 352 pages is to piece back together families torn apart and people ruined by wars that they had…
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…power to govern locally and finance local projects. Russia supports this measure. The parliament’s recent decision to strike down a 2012 bill that allowed regions to name additional official languages…
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…allowing him to operate with official independence from Putin. After this time, Sechin’s considerable gains in power and influence were closely linked to Rosneft’s aggressive expansion. He has also been…
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…of disunity could hurt the fledgling administration. Thus, the backgrounds and recent behavior of these officials all converge on two alarming tendencies: general inexperience and a political solidarity that is…
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…to dominate nearly all of the Northern and Southern Caucuses. The Tsar allowed the local khanates in Azerbaijan a considerable deal of autonomy until the 1870s, when Azerbiajan’s massive oil…
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…widespread destruction and also great development. With the Russian Revolution in 1917, Moldova entered a period of great upheaval, going through several transitional governments and a brief union with Romania…
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…formation at a time when the Kremlin was publically floating ideas to liberalize Russia’s political field. These included discontinuing registration requirements for political parties and lowering the electoral threshold for…
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…1 species of amphibians, dozens of which are endangered or regionally endemic. The island also along contains numerous natural monuments, as well as 143 archaeological monuments, including rock carvings, ancient…
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…that increases in gross national product have a significant detrimental effect on the suicide rates of women, but a beneficial effect on those of men. He provided no explanation, theoretical…
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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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…the bustling crowds along Nevsky Prospekt. On the metro’s green line on the way to Krestovsky Island, I caught a funny conversations that some men were having, switching between Armenian…
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