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Russians are no longer confronted by a dazzling abundance of casinos and gambling dens on their city streets or slot machines at supermarkets. In the past 12-plus months since the enactment of a nationwide gambling ban, some gambling establishments have gone deep undercover, while others have changed their name and become lottery clubs.
Unfortunately, this is not something that can be done quickly. The Chinese parliament's website still says nothing about when they will pass a bill stipulating a reduced number of legal grounds requiring the death penalty.
GAZ to assemble Volkswagens / Kasyanov to develop Solidarity movement into a party / United Russia's popularity up 7% in one month / Lawsuits against online slander skyrocket / Russians earn more, ready to spend more
U.S. President Barack Obama has kept his election promise so far: the U.S. is currently on track to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. In what state will the United States leave Iraq? Dr. Alexander Shumilin (Ph.D. in History) heads the Center for Middle East Conflict Analysis at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies. In an interview with Samir Shakhbaz, he speaks about the consequences of the near decade-long presence of American troops in Iraq.
The Second World War formally ended on September 2, 1945 with Japan's surrender. There is a popular saying that a war is over when the last soldiers killed are buried. With WWII, however, things aren't so simple.
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Oil fever could strike the Arctic sooner than expected and is likely to be accompanied by a host of problems. A U.K. rival to BP, Cairn Energy, announced last week: "First well in Greenland provides early indication of working hydrocarbon system" in the Beaufort Sea.
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Russian defense industry losing ground despite demand / Russian foreign ministry warns Russians against going to Georgia / Russia and challenges of the new decade / NATO may open counterterrorist center in Tajikistan / Ukraine will lose out from Russia's South Stream
The first cultural, economic and political ties between Georgia and Kievan Rus date back to the 12th century. Both Orthodox Christian states, they established regular relations in the 16th-18th centuries.
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In the 9th-12th centuries, most of the Kievan Rus lands were part of the early feudal Russian State. The Kiev, Chernigov, Halych, Vladimir-Volhynia and other independent principalities emerged in Southwest Rus in the 12th century, and the Halych-Volhynian principality toward the end of the 12th century.
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In the 1840s and the 1850s, two intellectual movements, namely, the Slavophiles and the Westernizers, emerged in Russian society and philosophical thought. The Slavophiles advocated Russia’s unique way of development, whereas the Westernizers insisted on the need to follow in the wake of Western civilization and imitate the Western socio-political system, civil society and culture.
Polish history is closely intertwined with the history of Russia.
I enjoy reading the views and opinions from your part of the world. It is easier to understand actions that take place when seen through anothers interests.
It took U.S. President Barack Obama 15 minutes to "turn the page" on the Iraq war, which lasted seven years and five months, and announce Iraq's sovereignty and the withdrawal of nearly all U.S. troops from Iraq.
Russian protestors rally in Moscow and Washington / College graduates outnumber workers in Russia / Economic minister opposes capping food prices / Politically, Russia is a country in transit / Encouraging trends in Russian-Polish relations
Creating an international financial center in Moscow features high on the Russian government's list of priorities, along with a large-scale program to modernize the Russian economy.
The most interesting aspect of the news that there are CIA agents in the Afghan government is how quickly the story died in the media, when by all rights it should have prompted a month-long scandal.
The completion of the summer political season was marked by another flare-up in Russian-Ukrainian gas relations.
Europe's Roma population has been at the center of EU and broader international, debates concerning immigration, racial, religious and other issues since July this year when French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a crackdown on unauthorized Gypsy camps in his country.
Tax breaks for software developers wanted/ Market trends: Inflation of knowledge/ Russian government to raise import duties on cars/ Romania rewrites its history again/ Armor without glamor



