... of principles which have been emphasized for preceding centuries in the Russian culture. B. Summary of Evidence On December 25th of 1991, the Soviet Union officially fell apart under the leadership of Boris Yeltsin, a newly elected President after a fail coup d'etat, after which Gorbachev resigned. This ... caused tremendous economic and social shifts in ideology. Industries, military, and ethnic groups that were once an intertwined network under the Soviet Union were shattered in one of the greatest economic crises of history. With the reform of all structures, Yeltsin attempted to tran...

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... sources of foreign investment and develop new trading partners. US opposition to Cuban membership in multilateral institutions, such as the IMF and the World Bank, combined with a US trade embargo, continue to hamper development. Cuba is largely politically stable, but uncertain over Fidel Castro's eventual succession is ... Day 1959, victorious. Only the truly nave would have thought that American business in Cuba would survive the revolution unscathed. Still, to his credit, Castro made no attempt to get rid of American property without compensation until the United States government, a...

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