…with about 280,000 active troops. Ukraine is also much better armed, with American missiles and military advisors and Turkish drones, for instance. America has also made a much greater show…
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…there are a few important caveats. As noted by Charman, the extent to which the liberalizing legislative changes are enforced is questionable, and corporate governance, for instance, remains an issue…
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…as a migrant laborer in other CIS countries. Firuza says: He needs to study mathematics, so he can be a banker, for instance, or even a diplomat. Whatever it is…
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…The Buryat have been fairly successful in maintaining their traditions. For instance, many still speak their native Mongol dialect. They are traditionally Buddhist or Shamanist (a pagan tradition), although some…
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…disruptions of the time. Apartment leasing companies in Russia are extremely rare (companies who own a whole building, for instance, and rent all apartments within it). Thus, people who want…
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…instance of modern, public welfare policy in Europe. She ties the policy and its rationale to the identity and essential socio-scientific inclination of the modern nation. Comparing the Soviet Union’s…
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…in other European countries (for instance, in Germany it is 18%). This is aggravated by the fact that a significant amount of healthcare expenditures is consumed by informal payments (bribes…
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…Gabala site in Azerbaijan. The loss of control over Soviet-era installations forced Moscow to prepare an air defense with a shrunken perimeter. In Ukraine and Latvia, where the political winds…
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…levels of economic development. Instability throughout the region is well documented due to high-profile cases such as the civil war in Ukraine, tension in Georgia, the conflict over Nagarno-Karabakh, and…
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…often accompanied by people investing into dachas – by adding greenhouses, for instances. However, most dacha gardens now represent hobbies rather than a means of income or survival. В средней…
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…led some political circles to sound the alarm about protecting sovereignty from foreign ties and obligations. In order to finance their portion of the railway, for instance, the Kyrgyz government…
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…housing. Similar organizations can be found in many Russian regions and major Russian cities. Regional and city organizations for journalists are quite common. See, for instance: Saint Petersburg; The Moscow…
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…occupied by rugged people, have a long history of resisting invasion. The native Ubykh people of the Sochi area, for instance, were only fully conquered by the Russians in the…
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…as more competitive modern stores entered the market. Cherkizovsky, for instance, was forcibly closed in 2009 after numerous instances of selling counterfeit goods and tax evasion. Foreign Firms Enter the…
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…can sleep all day. So, I’ve spent a lot of time sleeping in. I’ve spent a lot of time watching dumb videos on Instagram. I have work I actually need…
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…some children who have experienced great instability or dysfunction before placement in an institution, the orphanage is an improvement over their previous environments and at least provides for their basic…
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…to 17%, drawing in deposits both domestically and internationally and directing these funds to refinance foreign currency loans. The market also helped correct itself, with Russian suppliers, for instance, replacing…
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…gained visits to many western and eastern countries, including the US. Reforms have been increasing difficult to implement. For instance, although the state no longer presses for help in the…
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…to instate Russian (among other languages commonly spoken in Ukraine) as an official “regional language” in areas where it is spoken by more than 10% of the population, has experienced…
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The following is the official video, transcript, and official translation for Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference as given on December 14, 2017. Note that the text is as given on…
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