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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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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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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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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Kursk submarine disaster (redirect from Russian submarine Kursk explosion (2000))
The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, with the loss of all 118 personnel on board. The submarine...
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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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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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The economy of Russia is an emerging and developing, high-income, industrialized, mixed market-oriented economy. It has the eleventh-largest economy in...
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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 [ˈruskʲɪje] ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Soviet Union, with newly written lyrics, in December 2000, and it became the second anthem used by Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The government...
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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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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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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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Privatization in Russia describes the series of post-Soviet reforms that resulted in large-scale privatization of Russia's state-owned assets, particularly...
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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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The All-Russian Political Party "United Russia" (Russian: Всероссийская политическая партия «Единая Россия», romanized: Vserossiyskaya politicheskaya partiya...
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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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the Russian border agency, as of October 1, 2013, there are more than 160 land border crossings between Russia and China, all of which are open 24 hours...
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Kinotavr (redirect from Sochi Open Russian Film Festival)
Kinotavr (Russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival was an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually...
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compliance with the Russian Federation's international obligations under the open exchange of information constituting a state secret of the Russian Federation;...
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