Presidential elections were held in Russia on 26 March 2000. Incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Yeltsin...
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The Russian Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour. The event was established in 1993, and was first held at the Moscow Country Club in Nakhabino...
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Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across...
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In January 2008, Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian academics issued the "Belgorod Declaration" in support of open access to scientific and cultural knowledge...
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Men Men Women Russia competed in seven Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but they never scored higher than 6-th. Men Women Open Men Women Men...
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Kursk submarine disaster (redirect from Russian submarine Kursk explosion (2000))
The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea. The nuclear-powered Project 949A Antey (Oscar II class) submarine...
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general 'quarantine period' after the USSR – tacit or open condemnation of everything related to Russia, including people born and raised before the country's...
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Channel One (Russian: Первый канал, romanized: Pervý kanal, IPA: [ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal], lit. 'First Channel') is a Russian state-controlled television channel...
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Russia. USA: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 371+ – via Open Library (fulltext). James Stuart Olson; et al., eds. (1994). "Chronology of the Russian...
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Marat Safin (category Olympic tennis players for Russia)
was the third-longest tiebreak in the Open Era. Safin also reached the semifinals in 2000. Safin helped Russia achieve its first Davis Cup victory in...
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The economy of Russia is a high-income, industrialized, mixed market-oriented economy. It has the eleventh-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP...
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one type of federal subject of the Russian Federation. 21 republics are internationally recognized as part of Russia; another is under its de facto control...
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Tatarstan" Russian Islam Comes Out into the Open The Moscow News Russia has a Muslim dilemma Ethnic Russians hostile to Muslims Islam in Russia Russian mosques[permanent...
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The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the...
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Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian, the most spoken...
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The 1st FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held on October 29-November 4, 2000 in the waters off Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA...
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Assembly of Russia. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. Each of the 89 federal subjects of Russia (including two...
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rankings for the first time since 5 June 2000. Stefanos Tsitsipas' fourth-round loss guaranteed a first-time French Open finalist from the bottom half of the...
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The Russian Open in badminton was an international open held in Russia since 1993. This tournament is the continuation of the USSR International. In 2007...
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to 2005, Open Russia NGO was the general sponsor of the Booker Literary Prize in Russia, leading to its name change to the Booker–Open Russia Literary...
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birth rate - 8.9 per 100,000 inhabitants - was the lowest since the year 2000. Russia has a low fertility rate with 1.42 children per woman in 2022, below...
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Second Chechen War (redirect from Second Russian invasion of Chechnya)
that lasted from December 1999 until February 2000. Russia established direct rule over Chechnya in May 2000 although Chechen militant resistance throughout...
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The Russian mafia (Russian: ру́сская ма́фия rússkaya máfiya [ˈruskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə] or росси́йская ма́фия rossíyskaya máfiya [rɐˈsʲijskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə]), otherwise...
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of God die in Uganda. March 26 – 2000 Russian presidential election: Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia. April 30 – Canonization of Faustina...
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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service...
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his connections with Russia, and offers to negotiate a meeting between Trump and Putin.: 86 The meeting is held at the yet-to-open Trump International...
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the Russian Federation (Russian: Президент Российской Федерации, romanized: Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the executive head of state of Russia. The...
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most popular sport in Russia is soccer. According to Yandex search analysis results rating of the most popular sports among Russians: "Football topped the...
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Prostitution is illegal in Russia. The punishment for engagement in prostitution is a fine from 1500 up to 2000 rubles. Moreover, organizing prostitution...
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round to Tiafoe. That marked the first US Open since 2000 and the first major since the 2017 Australian Open with neither of the top two seeded men reaching...
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