This paper analyzes the Shia-Sunni interactions in northeastern Iran (Khorasan) and Central Asia. The Shia …-Sunni disputes in the region date back to the Middle Ages after the establishment of the Safavids (1501 – 1722) in Iran and the … overview of both the Sunni and Shi’ite religious community status in Iran, in Mawara al-Nahr, has become particularly important …

This paper discusses the set of tools of government enacted in 2009–2013 in Russia to provide support to socially … missions. In Russia this approach is considered a serious policy innovation since government policy to date vis-a-vis the …

their share. However, they are still not well examined in the marketing field. Russia is especially neglected in the …. This article examines how “Contemporary marketing practices” (CMP) works in Russia and tests the CMP model in the Russian …

Despite relative normalization of the US-Russia dialogue in early 2013 and their impressive cooperation on Syria and … Iran later that year, the relations on the whole remain extremely fragile, volatile and at the same time stagnant. Their … serious crisis by. The author argues that the fundamental problem of the US-Russia relations is their old-fashioned philosophy …

impact on relations among states. According to the author, a sharp discrepancy between the current model of the US-Russia … especially Russia in the International system, whose policies are in greatest breach with the Kondratiev wave conjuncture. Case … arguing for a new model of the US-Russia relations and description of the one, which would be consistent with the Kondratiev …

In this paper, we study the minimum wage reform in Russia, which aimed to decentralize the fixing of the minimum wage …

an anomic situation – the post-Communist countries Russia and Kazakhstan (round six of the World Values Surveys fielded … level of anomie. Apart from income, in Russia alienation can be predicted by gender, and type of occupation (manual or …