The latter put a stop to the mobilisation with the assistance of the unions, which set up a strike committee without the workers’ consent. After Slovenia’s independence in June 1991, a sort of “liberal national capitalism” was installed centred on a social coalition established on the ...
Leonid Slutsky, State Duma Deputy: Slutsky is the chairman of the Duma Committee onCommonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots. Slutsky has beenoutspoken in his supportfor Russia’s actions in Crimea. Andrei Klishas, Chairman of the Federation Council Committ...
tornados in the mid-West. The House passed a separate Kosovo spending measure (H.R. 1664), but lawmakers added the Kosovo and FEMA funds to the supplemental package for Central America, Jordan, and American farmers when the latter was taken up in mid-May by a House/Senate conference commi...
The election of Vladimir Putin in 1999 is accepted as the “return” of Russia to its “near abroad,” which has become increasingly notable. The tension between Russia and Georgia in August 2008 is but one example that illustrates Moscow's eagerness to maintain an active presence in the ...