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Russian cities are traditionally characterized by high levels of public transport ridership, compared to the Western cities. Moreover, the cities were intensively developing during the Soviet era when the private transport was literally absent. Thus, it can be assumed that the spatial structure...
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in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. The study makes a potentially valuable contribution to the literature by extending the … representative cross-national surveys conducted in Russia in 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2013. To study historical change in the patterns of …-socialist countries including earlier research on Russia, I anticipated (1) a trend towards lesser (rather than greater) openness in the …
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Annual input-output (IO) accounts of the Russian economy for the period of 1995–2003 were constructed based on classifications used in Soviet times. The transition of Russian statistics to the use of classifications that are harmonized with the statistical Classification of Economic Activities...
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This article is devoted to relations between Russia and South Africa from the mid-17th to the early 19th century. It … descriptions of the Cape. A unique testimony to the fact that black South Africans knew about Russia is presented in the letter of … a Pondo chief to the Russian tsar. The most significant part of Russia’s relations with South Africa was its …
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This article offers a discussion of Russia’s post-Soviet search for international legitimacy, informed by the notions … cooperation in the CIS is at the heart of Russia’s current attempts to gain international legitimacy: it addresses the demands of …
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the old Soviet military machine, which is less and less capable of defending Russia from the real threats and challenges … deterrence of the US. Today more factors objectively unite Russia and the US in the world rather than separates them. However …
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In this paper we explore relationships between corruption perceptions and such characteristics as the size of shadow economy, GDP per capita, well-being, the Happy Planet Index (HPI), and quality of institutions. Special attention is paid to the comparison of transitional economies with...
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manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …
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The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …
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Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …
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