…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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…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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…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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…economy. The area was also not immune to corporate crime and corruption during those “wild east” days: in one instance a major tin plant near the town of Pevek was…
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…power. Reporters without Borders cites common instances of harassment or arbitrary detention for journalists in Azerbaijan. The Aliyevs, Heidar (right) and his son Ilham (left), have ruled Azerbaijan since 1993….
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…who received a visa from Germany, for instance, can travel to any of the countries within the Schengen Zone on that German-issued visa. It has been very popular with Russians….
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…выполнить обещание увеличить добычу собственных энергоресурсов. They plan to invest billions of hryvnia towards insulating houses and installing heat and gas meters. It remains unclear whether this will be done…
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…Socialists are deputies that defected from the Communists. Although Dodon ran on a decidedly Socialist and pro-Russian platform, promising, for instance, to break Moldova’s trade agreement with the EU in…
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…up and installed a guard, who was to open the door only for me. Я вернулась в гостиницу “Краснодар” (лучшая в городе) и вместе с перепуганным директором стала осматривать номера…
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…World Bank Group, only 19% of investors said that taxes adversely affect Russia’s investment climate. 51% named political uncertainty and macroeconomic instability. Contributing to this opinion are Russia’s still half-Soviet,…
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…lightly defended by the local peoples. Invasions, including those by the Chinese, would thus bring a certain amount of instability to the prosperity the region’s geographic advantage gave it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bUg9DkDHoU…
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…of fault. For instance, the program admits that Communist production had focused on quantity rather than quality, leading to a deficit in quality goods and unhappy Soviet consumers. There is…
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…представительство в советах территориальных общин; – Instate gubernatorial elections and proportional elections for deputies of provincial, regional, and city councils, while retaining the current system of representation local community boards;…
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…with time served. To place this in wider context, we should first remember that in no society is freedom of speech absolute. US legislation, for instance, restricts obscene, libelous, or…
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…Russia. Although he had some success, his objectives were often at cross purposes. For instance, he suggested that Moldova might both the EU and the Russia-led Eurasian Union and thus…
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The early modern period from 1500-1800 has been focused upon in recent scholarship as a unique era separated from the medieval and the modern. This separation is based not merely…
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…cars and electronics. The Russian government is prioritizing trade relations with the Far Eastern nations and has been successful in scoring several valuable partnerships. South Korea and Russia, for instance,…
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…striking deals, for instance, with Venezuela’s state oil company for a 40 percent stake in an oil production venture in the Orinoco river basin. Rosneft’s buying spree was also partly…
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…first plays a patriotic song while showing fierce fights in the Duma (at one instance, a swastika is even shown on someone’s notebook). The second video was done by a…
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…events are the culmination of several smaller sacrifices, ideas, and actions. For instance, would Galileo have ended up in the annals of history if not for the work done by…
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