Chinese people’. Even though the Americans suffered a brutal defeat‚ the event succeeded in serving as a catalyst for future visits for Kissinger and Nixon. Nixon’s trip to China would prove to be a historic event. Everything they were doing with Moscow and to end the Vietnam war hinged on the China trip. During the talks‚ there was an exchange of views on Sino-Us relations and international events mixed with dinners and sightseeing tours. This enabled the two sides to present the chance to talk
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Globalisation in Russia : the challenge of the transition to the world economy Fifteen years ago‚ the Soviet Union was a socialist authoritative country‚ tightly isolated from capitalist countries. Nowadays‚ its direct heir‚ Russia‚ is one of the most quickly growing markets of the world‚ strongly open on the global economy. During the 1990s‚ Russia underwent an extraordinary transformation from a communist dictatorship to a multi-party democracy‚ from a centrally planned system to a market economy
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the US. He knew Putin will not reject a proposal. A mystery surrounds the route from Hawaii to Sheremetievo Airport. How could US intelligence and security units let Snowden escape. Despite the fact of revokal of the traitor’s passport‚ he got to Moscow and allegedly was left in a special terminal area where people without Russian visa can stay. The space in “capsulas” with a bed and some conveniences is an expensive but minimalistic life. With a decision on his plight taken Edward got an asylum
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1. Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises. 1.1. (20 x 1 point) Supply the articles where necessary. Write your answers (a‚ an‚ the or ‘−’) in the boxes. a) It’s __(1)__ plant of __(2)__ telephone equipment. ___(3)__ plant is outside Moscow. It’s __(4)__ very large plant. __(5)___manager of our company is going to visit __(6)__ plant with __(7)__ Chief Engineer of GML on Friday. b) ___(8)___ price for ___(9)___ pump was 500$. ___(10)___ offer suited ___(11)___ Buyers and they
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What was the political‚ social‚ and legal environment of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s? - The Soviet Union’s push to industrialize no matter the cost ultimately led to frequent shortages of food and other consumer good. Bread lines were a common site throughout the 1970s and 1980s. As can be seen‚ the divide between wealth of the Politburo and poverty of Soviet citizens created backlash and younger people refused to adopt the Communist Party ideology as the generations before them previously
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leave because her husband was sick. On that last day together Anna made it clear that they would never cross paths again‚ and so she went back to her life and so did he. Gurov found it difficult to stop thinking about her. He found that his life in Moscow was dull compared to the time he spent with
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Nikita Khrushchev * Born 1894‚ in Russian village of Kalinovka. * Fought in Red army during the civil war of 1922-23. * Then became a politician for the communist party in Moscow. Awarded the order of Lenin for his work building the Moscow underground railway. * 1949: appointed by the communist party to run soviet agriculture. * 1955: in power after Stalin’s death and in 1956 attacked Stalin’s reputation. Denouncing him as a wicked tyrant who kept all power to himself‚ and was
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An ordinary family Vladimir Putin was born on October 7‚ 1952 in Leningrad. “I come from an ordinary family‚ and this is how I lived for a long time‚ nearly my whole life. I lived as an average‚ normal person and I have always maintained that connection‚” Mr Putin recalls. Photo from Vladimir Putin’s personal archive Mother Photo from Vladimir Putin’s personal archive Vladimir Putin’s mother‚ Maria Shelomova‚ was a very kind‚ benevolent person. “We lived simply - cabbage soup‚ cutlets‚ pancakes‚
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me the youngest in the family at that time‚ three of my brothers‚ and two of my sisters to Moscow‚ Russia. On our way to the train that was going toward Russia‚ we lost my fourteen year old brother. This accident almost stopped us from moving out from the country‚ but my father made the right choice either to look for his lost son or lose all of us‚ so we had to move on. When we finally arrived to Moscow‚ Russia in August of 1994‚ we did not have any money or a place to stay. My father remembered
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Introduction Traveling is one of the ways of discovering new countries. Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays traveling. They travel to see other continents‚ modern cities and the ruins of ancient towns‚ they travel to enjoy picturesque places‚ or just for a change of scene. Its always interesting to discover new things‚ different ways of life‚ to meet different people‚ to try different food‚ to listen to different musical rhythms. Those who live in the country like to go
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