In fact, most Russians regard the Yeltsin years as miserable ones. Remembering the food shortages, lack of services, plundering of public wealth, and international humiliations of the 1990s and early 2000s, more than 90 percent of Russians, according to some opinion surveys, view Yeltsin unfavor...
An illuminating conversation on Big Tech with the co-hosts of the Pivot podcast, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway.
According to the agreements signed by Turkey, Russia and Iran last September in Sochi, Ankara would have the task of curbing the terrorist militias of the north-west of Syria, supporting the military actions of the NLF, but the resounding advance of HTS at al-Atareb, just like at Darat Iz...
aRepresentatives of 70 nations and ethnicities live in the Republic of Bashkortostan, including Russians (39.3 percent), Tatars (28.4 percent) and Bashkirs (21.9 percent). The urban population constitutes 65 percent of the total. 70国家和种族代表在Bashkortostan共和国居住,包括俄国人 (39.3%)、Tata...
Rose stated that the memorial was “open to all honorably discharged Randolph County veterans who served in any branch of the military since 1898 during war or peace.” At that time Rose stated that there were 11,310 living veterans in Randolph County, comprising more than ten percent of ...
100-meter sprints, 12 km cross-country running in full combat uniform, urban assault exercises with wall climbing, acrobatic exercises, and a 12-minute free-style sparring match with three separate opponents. Courses are held twice a year and less than 10 percent of candidates are known to ...
Ukraine war: The Russians snitching on colleagues and strangers – BBC News Disabled people must work from home to do ‘their duty’, says UK minister | Benefits | The GuardianBritain is broken. What will fix it? Lots and lots of money | George Monbiot | The Guardian...
Ten percent of our work force is Polish. They are viewed as both hard working and hard playing ( can be a rough crowd) . Lack humour but love vodka. Polish see us in some ways similar to them. Very Catholic country, over dependence on agriculture in the past, love of drink.Dimitris,...
Poland has long been part of the “vodkabelt”, i.e. the crescent of north European countries from Russia to Norway where hard drinking looked like a part of everyday life. Actually, Russians adopted their beloved liquor from the Polish neighbors. Polish “wodka” (pronounced “voodkah”) ...
Vilnius has been a multi-ethnic and multi-religious city for centuries, as evident in religious buildings of 9 different faiths, each of them pre-dating World War 1. Today that atmosphere still remains, with ethnicLithuaniansmaking less than 60% of the population (Poles– 19,4%,Russians...