Coming Soon: The Moscow Ring Railway
…we will also have to install noise-barriers virtually the entire length of the railway which will also hide the stations from sight.” Read the original Russian here and see lots…
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Pavel Grudinin: Commercially-Driven Socialism
…other half in fixed, interest-free installments over 15 years. The average salary is 74,000 rubles ($1,300) per month, or about three times the national average for agricultural workers and enough…
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Armenia’s Foreign Policy and Security Issues for 2023
…minister is more politically powerful. Armenian politics has been rocked by instability since the 2018 “Velvet Revolution,” sparked when Serzh Sargsyan, leader of the then-ruling Republican Party who spearheaded the…
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Book Review of Music and Soviet Power by Marina Frolova-Walker and Jonathan Walker
…energy reinvigorated concert markets and also led to behind-the-scenes debates on what the basis of Soviet music should be; for instance, composer Alexander Davidenko—once a champion of European music innovation—became…
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Military Learning Between the Chechen Wars
…and applying them to every instance of operations other than war, is a broad and simplistic transference. For example, the trans-Dniestr region has never required the same application of force…
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From Vixen to Victim: The Sensationalization and Normalization of Prostitution in Post-Soviet Russia
…a time of economic instability. A 1998 New York Times report on prostitution in the Russian city of Saratov provides a good example of this. Saratov, an industrial town on…
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Why is Russia in Syria?
…striking major collaborative deals in the past, but Syrian instability always looms ominously, endangering long term plans. Syria’s reserves are dwarfed by many of the surrounding countries, and certainly by…
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What Do The Escalations in US-Russian Sanctions Mean?
…and that his order must be complied with by September 1. Some from the US side, however, have argued that the order will not affect, for instance, locally employed Russians…
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A Comparative Look at Hate Crime in Russia and the U.S.
…works for the School of Russian and Asian Studies, Kozhevnikova also asserted that attacks are most common in major cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg. For instance, she stated…
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Recycling and Waste Recovery in Russia: Policy and Infrastructure Challenges
…Volokolamsk, for instance, dozens of local children were hospitalized with respiratory ailments, rashes, and other conditions most likely caused by pollution that locals blame on the landfill, which is located…
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Chechnya: A Difficult Cornerstone in Russian Security
…in a time of instability. In 1957, during “de-Stalinization” under Nikita Khrushchev, the Chechens and Ingush were permitted to return to their homelands. Upon arrival, many discovered that ethnic Russians…
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University of Warsaw Library
…Petersburg following the November Uprising. The library was re-instated as the State Library in 1834 until 1871 when it became the Tsar’s University Library. When the Russians left Warsaw in…
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Crimea: Prosperity in Unity or Separatism?
…and new leadership installed. In 1997, the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet was divided between Russia and Ukraine. Russia additionally recognized Ukraine’s legitimacy to all land in Crimea (including Sevastopol)…
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Ukraine Update in 7 Sentences
…and even questions over franchising rights, which are often granted by geographic area, must also be addressed. McDonald’s locations in Crimea, for instance, have closed as the franchisee for Russia…
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