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    Corruption in Russia

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    The Two Sides of Corruption in Russia Corruption in Russia has been prominent since it was legal in the 17th century‚ when the tsar’s officers were allowed to take bribes. It was then illegalized‚ however never quite faded away especially during Soviet times when the conditions of the living people were harsh. It is still prominent in Russia today since the new capitalist country has not fully moved on from its socialist past. Understanding the historical content of corruption is critical in order

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    Russia Wto

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    WTO has been a long pending one and it was the only country of the G8 group not to be in the WTO. After around 18 years of negotiation‚ Russia finally joined WTO as the 156th member in August‚ 2012. The negotiations began way back soon after the breakup of the Soviet Union in June‚ 1993 when President Boris Yeltsin submitted the WTO membership application for Russia. During the 1990’s‚ Russia’s political system was very volatile and had a slow pace reforms which stagnated the WTO negotiations. To overcome

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    Nato and Russia

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    NATO formally welcomed Russia as a participant – but not as a fullfledged member. The agree-ment signed at an extraordinary meeting of the leaders of NATO’s member nations‚ marked another major step in its effort to lock in Moscow’s shift toward the West. The accord will for the first time give Moscow a role from the outset in NATO discussions about a fixed variety of topics ‚ including non - pro-liferation‚ crisis management‚ missile defence and counterterrorism. But in an indication that the North

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    Business in Russia

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    ------------------------------------------------- International Business In Russia Introduction There are a number of misconceptions about Russia as a business destination. Some people believe that conducting business in Russia is an all too easy process and that all it takes are some good connections or simply meeting with the right people. On the other hand‚ others believe that in Russia‚ it is almost impossible to do business and that companies are not governed by the basic principles of economics

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    Russia and Globalization

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    ESSAY The Russian Alternative to the Capitalist Civilization: Evolution of the Socialist Thought So often Russia is described at having tried ’socialism. Russia under Lenin‚ Stalin and the rest is usually described as socialist or communist by the media. Socialism simply may be seen as a social and economic theory of social organization advocating state ownership and control over means of production‚ distribution‚ and exchange. Russian socialism has a particular significance because‚ according

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    Unhappiness In Russia

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    Unhappiness had been brewing in Russia for a long time‚ even back in 1861‚ after the Emancipation of the Serfs. Serfs had been freed thanks to tsar Alexander II’s reforms‚ but even though they were technically free they were forced to keep working to pay off the debts that came along with their freedom. Emancipated serfs also didn’t earn much‚ and they weren’t allowed to do what they wanted with their allotted land. Although the Russian population grew immensely in the peasant class during this time

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    Easter in Russia

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    Easter in Russia Of course‚ Christians all over the globe join together on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Christ‚ and one could probably go to an Easter service anywhere and recognize (to some degree) what was taking place. But there are also many differences in the way Easter is celebrated in different parts of the world. In particular‚ there are differences in the way Western Christians (Protestants and Roman Catholics) celebrate Easter and the way Eastern Orthodox Christians

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    Mcdonald's in Russia

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    McDonald’s in Russia (Technological approach) By Donald Jordan In 1985‚ Mikhail Gorbachev started a new programme of the reformation of the USSR‚ Perestroyka. It was aimed to improve the overall technological and industrial base hoping to increase the quality of life for many citizens in the country. The openness of the Soviet Union towards the Western world led to the new stage of relationships between the country and the Western companies. One of first firms interested in the Soviet market

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    Stalin's Russia

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    largely what happened in the USSR. Collectivisation is a great example of this total control that Stalin held over Russia‚ the fact he could take all of the farms and merge them together into one big farm to create more produce which was then sold or traded showed significance in comparison to totalitarianism because it showed that there was complete control over what happened all over Russia. As well as collectivisation Stalin also used terror to create a totalitarian state. The great Terror from 1936-38

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    hockey in Russia

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    We are going to talk about the history of the national hockey team of the Soviet Union during 1964-1982 under Brezjnev’s control of the country. The Soviet national ice hockey team was formed in 1960s . The coaching tandem of Tarasov and Chernyshev was very successful in creating this new team. Alongside the famous trio of Loktev-Almetov-Alexandrov they installed players like Alexander Yakushev‚ Vyacheslav Starshinov‚ big bear Alexander Ragulin and also one of the most talented hockey players ever

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