Russia was one of the hardest hit by the 2008-09 global economic crisis as oil prices plummeted and the foreign credits that Russian banks and firms relied on dried up. ... The state-run Gazprom dominates Russia's upstream, producing about 74% of Russia's total natural gas output. ... Russia's government has announced that it intends to liberalize liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports starting in January 2014, breaking Gazprom's absolute export monopoly. ... From the mid 1900's Russia has harnessed the effectiveness of the two products. ... Today the two resources accoun...

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On September 14, 2003, a suicide bomber detonated a truck loaded with nearly a ton of explosives at a key Russian government building in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia. ... By November 6, 2003 Confidence in Russian markets had dropped with share prices reflecting this, at a time when the Russian government has been trying to attract foreign investment. ... Religious freedom was allowed under the constitution of the former Soviet Union, but the government strictly limited many religious activities. ... During World War II, openly expressing Christian beliefs was allowed, since the go...

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Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. ... Russia lost and tensions grew between the two. ... The Bolsheviks (later communists), led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the existing Russian government. ... These communist countries became satellites of Russia, nothing more than provinces of Russia. ... To Westerners, this Russian advance exceeded their worst fears. ...

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Germany had invaded Russia twice this century and should not be allowed to recover. ... (Berlin would be in the Russian zone). ... It was agreed that Russia should get Polish territory east of the Curzon line, land taken from Bolshevik Russia in 1921). ... As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they backed the establishment of a communist government in Lublin, even though there was a Polish government-in-exile in London. ... This new government should then be called the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity- (15). ...

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Georgians possessed their own culture and language which was very different from the official Russian language of the empire, and the young Stalin only began learning Russian when he was nine years old. ... It is reported that in his last years his ability to speak Russian deteriorated and he spoke only Georgian. The one institution that Stalin's birthplace shared with the larger Russian Empire was the Orthodox Church which Georgia actually converted more than 500 years before Russia. ... His timing was excellent becasue the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party had just been founded wh...

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Take for example that while the original allied forces contained Tsarist Russia, Britain & France , the allies would later be split with the loss of Tsarist Russia to the Bolsheviks and the inclusion of the USA on the front. ... The governments within Italy were not only giving the appearance of being weak but they were actually weak within themselves. ... This led to an overall indecisiveness of the government and a quickly vulnerable ideology that was extremely unpopular with the common citizen. ... When a man cannot earn a living simply because there is nothing he can do no matter how wi...

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There were delegates from twenty-seven different countries there, but the Germans and the Russians were not represented. ... They were to convince the German people they have been defeated and that they now must be held responsible for the actions of their government (Dept of State pg 49). ... Also, local self-government will be restored and no central government shall be put in place for the time being (Dept of State pg 49). ... In Western Germany, a new style of government was introduced to the people. ... This democratic government is going to be a very conservative one because of all the r...

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The U.S., like Russia, was very wary of what was going on in Vietnam. ... In 1961, Russia began aiding North Vietnam with supplies and finances. ... North Vietnam was aided by Russia and China, but not with soldiers but with finances, supplies and weaponry. ... The American government controlled South Vietnam, and dictated what its governments steps should be. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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If she wasn't able to convince them outright, she at least gave them a good cause to start thinking about their situation and the government which she was positive was the reason for society's many failings. The social and material environment into which Emma was born and the unusual course her life took had a profound impact on the development of her personality and greatly influenced her views of society and government. ... Another important thing to mention is the fact that as a Jew, she was born into a religious environment that was very concerned about social equality, b...

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The government had deemed the project unacceptable, and terminated it. ... At Approximately the same time the government terminated the rocket project World War II was coming to an end. ... The ironic part is that the Russian government announced to their subjects that they could track and monitor the satellite in orbit. ... America later stepped up, and became a worthy adversary to Russia. ... As time progressed, the N.A.C.A. was a minor part of government and had a meager budget. ...

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The government put in place legislation, not only against the Wobblies, but also against Socialists and Communists, due to the fact that the government did not distinguish one of its enemies from another. ... In 1917, the US government made a law which gave the Secretary of Labor the power to arrest or deport any alien "advocating or teaching" destruction of property or the "overthrow of government by force." Words such as "advocating" and the vague language used in the law allowed the government to use deportation as a cure for the anti-government views of its enemies, namely the Wobblies, C...

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Lenin's N.E.P had bought some advances to Russia but the Soviet Union was still very backwards in comparison to the rest of Europe. ... In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. Industrialisation was made out to be patriotic by the government and formed an essential pillar in Stalins cry for socialism in one country' theory which promoted building a strong and lasting socialist country. ... Stalin's drive for the f...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany i...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany i...

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This trend was followed when Stalin came to power as leader of the Communist party and the Russian government in 1929. (2) He had achieved this through plotting and trickery and by shifting alliances. ... After the war Stalin succeeded in establishing a communist buffer zone between Russia and Western Europe. ... For example Stalin engineered a communist coup in May 1948 in Czechoslovakia in which a government minister Masaryk was killed and the president was forced to resign. (7) This served a warning to other countries against resisting the communist regime. ... In East Germany i...

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Moreover, any war against Austria in the 1820's would mean war against Russia and Prussia too because the Holy Alliance acted as international police force resisting the tide of change. ... The lead of Mazzini was vague and he was concerned more with the government structure of Italy them with unification. ... Hence, revolutionary sentiment grew, aiming at first to overthrow the existing government and gradually embracing the idea of unity for all of 'Italy". ...

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Germany, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia and Russia are the most important countries that existed in the name of Gallipoli War. ... In Nov. 1914 declerations of war arrive to Constantinople from Russia, England, France, Japan and Belgium and British ships start bombarding the forts of Sedulbahir and KumKale, but serious damages don't occur. ... As war moves on to the next year the first month passes with the discussions in England about Churchill's idea; about sending aid to Russia from Dardanelles and the idea is liked by the officials and is accept...

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Coke and Pepsi in Russia: In 1972, Pepsi signed an agreement with the Soviet Union which made it the first Western product to be sold to consumers in Russia. ... Presently, Pepsi has 23 plants in the former Soviet Union and is the leader in the soft-drink industry in Russia. ... There has not been an increase in brand loyalty for Pepsi since its advertising blitz in Russia, even though it has produced commercials tailored to the Russian market and has sponsored television concerts. ... Coca-Cola, on the other hand, only moved into Russia 2 years ago and is manufactured locally in Moscow and...

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The government's theory is that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. ... Oswald was later revived at a Russian hospital. ... Oswald received an apartment in Minsk, which was paid for by the Russian Government. ... While in Russia, Oswald met his first love, Ella Germann. ... When Oswald grew tired of life in Russia, he asked the US embassy for help in allowing him to leave Russia. ...

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Some people called it paranoia, Stalin's obvious fear of being "left behind" or defeated because of Russia's backwardness, other's called it prophecy, that Stalin could predict Russia's fate. ... He believed Germany would invade soon and Russia would be ill equipped to defend itself. ... But without the successes of the five year plans, where would Russia have been? ... He condemned all people in them as traitors to the State and to Russia, people working against communism and therefore against the survival of the Russian people. ... He felt insecure; people were questionin...

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Even though Russia and the U.S. had tension for many years, Russia is now backing the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom even though during events leading up to the war with Iraq, Russia did not back the U.S. ... The Cold War between Russia and the U.S. had many causes. ... The separation of Germany also polarized America and Russia. ... In the 1950's, another issue polarized America and Russia. ... Feldman, stated that "The actual K-19 lies in a Russian ship graveyard, ...

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France seemed confused, but was ready to support Russian intervention against Austria-Hungary. Britain, pressured both by France and Russia, was undecided until it officially announced its military support to them. ... France and Russia had their own pact. ... Governments thus did not embark on war in order to satisfy private or budgetary financial interests. ... In the end, according to Joll, "governments were able to fight the war because their subjects accepted the necessity for it." ...

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In 1795, he saved the revolutionary government by dispersing an insurgent mob in Paris. ... In Paris, he joined a conspiracy against the government. ... Two years after this Russia and Austria joined the British in a second coalition. ... Prussia then allied itself with Russia and attacked the confederation. Napoleon destroyed the Prussian army at Jena and Auerstadt (1806) and the Russian army at Friedland. ...

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." - Dmitri Shostakovich On November 7, 1917, the Russian Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and created a new form of government they called the Communist Party. ... Over night, he went from being Russia's golden boy composer, to the border lines of being a non-person. ...

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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. Despite the appearance of holding power, leader's often are undermined by their own subjects as the case of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial...

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