Youth Crime under Perestroika
…washers on the streets of Moscow actually made 40,000 rubles a day. Vinogradova maintains that these youth seek instant gratification; they want wealth now and “not in some unforeseeable future.”…
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The Logistics of Social Change and Times of Crisis
…changes – such as changes to social structures, can be seen in the same light. The LGBTQ rights movement in the US, for instance, came after decades of largely successful…
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The State of the Russian Navy: History and Prospectives
…experienced the effects of political instability and economic crises. The Navy has, in many ways, become a liability for society, rather than an asset. The massive buildup of ships created…
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Right Cause Searches for Right Path: Part II
…и бедными, который произошёл по той же причине – неразвитости рынка, конкуренции, высокой концентрации производства и капитала. The ground for social instability is fertilized by an unfair distribution of income…
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Russian MiniLessons: Землетрясения и российской помощи – Earthquakes and Russian Foreign Aid
…or more can cause other природное бедствиеnatural disasters. For instance, цунамиa tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the перемещение большого объема водных массdisplacement of a large volume…
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Russians on Ice: A Brief Overview of Soviet and Russian Hockey
…They are: Aleksandr Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Pavel Datsyuk. Aleksandr Ovechkin, for instance, is one of Russia’s best known hockey players, and is currently signed with the Washington…
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk: The Ukrainian Parliament’s Rock Star
…about social and political issues. As early as 2008, for instance, he was ranked as one of Ukraine’s 100 most influential people by the Ukrainian magazine Korrespondent. Recently, however, he…
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Right Cause Searches for Right Path: Part III
…have substantial price differences between, for instance, Moscow State University and Samara Agro-Technical Institute. [4] The World Bank estimates that Russia already spends about 5% of its GDP on health…
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Privately Enforced Capitalism: The Rise (and Fall?) of Russia’s Oligarchs
…three forms of control. It helps oligarchs to change public perceptions about themselves and their patron politicians. Therefore, media control is very much a political tool. The most prominent instance…
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Right Cause Searches for Right Path: Part IV
…oil prices, which means reduced income to the federal budget and Russian companies and, as a result, cutbacks on social programs, which could very likely lead to social instability. В…
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Russian Roads and Rails
…saw massive infrastructure spending in and around those cities in preparation for their global showcasing. The Winter Olympics, for instance, cost an incredible $51 billion. However, only about a sixth…
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Russia’s Volunteering Youth: The Fashionable Adolescence
…is my second book,” he chimed in. His Instagram is overloaded with pictures of volunteer events and awards he has won; every leader I ask has heard of him and…
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A Fair and Just Russia: Russia’s Social Democrats
…is a central theme, we feel that “Fair Russia” is a clearer translation of the intent of the Russian name. Accordingly, nearly all instances of the word “справедливость” have been…
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Democracy, Anarchy, and Siberian Resources
…lifestyles. Since they have no savings to fall back on, new taxes here would lead to instability within the class itself, and would, of course, lead to their political disfavor….
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5G Networks in Russia: Development and Trajectories
…has state permits deeming it and its installation safe to the public. In more positive news, in September, MTS and Huawei announced that the pilot 5G network in Moscow’s Dream…
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Bishkek: “A Place Below the Mountains”
…Kyrgyzstan has seen violence related to ethnic tensions and Islamic extremism, tourists and travelers to Bishkek generally report feeling safe. Overall, violence is rare. When there are instances of Islamic…
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Cultivating Corn, Culture, and Curiosities: American Perspectives on the 1955 U.S.-Soviet Agricultural Exchange
…not certain inside themselves any longer that Americans were people.”[30] Whitney believed the exchange to be a success, but did note some problems with the tours. He noticed, for instance,…
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Kazakhstan’s Capitals: Two Cities of History and Modern Business
…religions of the world. For instance, in the top of the Bayterek, the tower in the center of the new city, there is a display tablet honoring all of the…
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4 Cities in Uzbekistan: One of the World’s Ancient Civilizations
…World,” “Eden of Ancient East,” and “Rome of the East.” Samarkand has been conquered many times – by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Tamerlane, for instance. Tamerlane made it…
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Blind in Siberia
…warm up enough to melt the frozen ground cover. My cane slipped first, and instantly after, my feet in their knee-high boots shot out from under me. I cannot remember…
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