conservatism and repressive policies, strongly influenced by his alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church, which played an increasingly pow- erful role in domestic and foreign policy.50 The views of three Russian athletes, currently playing in the National Hockey League (Canada and US) exemplify th...
RUSSIA AND COVID-19. I wonder whether Xi suspected at first (at first) that COVID might (might) have been a biowar attack and communicated that possibility to Putin. (There are probably people in Beijing who think the US used biowar in Korea.) I think they quickly decided that it was...
Those old recordings remind us that the song and its lyrics are guardians of language, poetic style and cultural memory. And yezhiu? That’s the secret ingredient. The thing that gives it punch. Soviet musicologists put it nicely: yezhiu helps the song “reach the hearts of the people”...
In 1946, tensions between the US and Russia heightened with the start of the cold war. Both nations were the main driving forces on opposing ends. Both had claims to Eastern Europe after World War II, and a standoff would occur for the next 50 years. The US and the West thought that...
From CNN's Zachary Cohen and Jennifer Hansler A Russian military group fighting in Ukraine on behalf of Vladimir Putinattempted to buy weapons and equipmentfrom an unlikely source: NATO member Turkey, according to a leaked US intelligence document that was obtained by CNN. ...
“We admire your courage, and we will continue to provide more aid and support,” he concluded. 7:56 a.m. 16:55:01, March 16, 2022 Biden will announce new military assistance for Ukraine as soon as Wednesday, officials say From CNN's Kevin Liptak US President Joe Biden will unvei...
This paper examines the relationship among CO2 emissions, energy use, and GDP in Russia using annual data ranging from 1990 to 2020. We first conduct time-series analyses (stationarity, structural breaks, cointegration, and causality tests). Then, we per
“The impression is that our colleagues [in Washington] have discarded the remnants of common sense and believe that they can do anything,” Ryabkov said, according to TASS. The US claims it was not involved in the planning of the Kursk offensive, but it has allowed Ukraine to use US-...
“Europeans are coming to us in search of lost antiquity, so everything is fine. We are still ancient and unique.” In this sense, Vincent’s response was both sobering and provocative. And even total disagreement with the brash Frenchman is also a good option. It’s either work or don...
Opening and closing the sampler, sample leaks and destruction of the chamber, heating and cooling, decrease or increase in the sample volume – all events associated with a change in the state of the sample can be divided into: This division allows us to formulate the following approach to qu...