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Tusalem, Rollin F. "The effect of civil society on governance and institutional performance in third- and fourth-Wave democracies." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6088.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 4, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Cakir, Sevil. "Russia." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608875/index.pdf.
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This thesis seeks to analyze Russia&rsquos responses to globalization under Vladimir Putin in the fields of energy and foreign policy. This thesis argues that Russia under Vladimir Putin has redefined its process of globalization through a nationalistic perspective as its policies in the field of energy and foreign policy demonstrate. The thesis has seven chapters including introduction and conclusion chapters. The concept of globalization is explored in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 examines Russia&rsquo
s globalization under Boris Yeltsin and his energy and foreign policies. In Chapter 4, responses of Russian communist, nationalist and liberal intellectuals, to the globalization of Russia under Boris Yeltsin are evaluated. Chapter 5 explores the energy policy of Vladimir Putin while Chapter 6 discusses foreign policy of Russia under Vladimir Putin.
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Savli, Tulay. "Russia." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614324/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze and discuss Russia&rsquos Asia-Pacific policy after the end of the Cold War by focusing on Moscow&rsquo
s bilateral relations with the major regional countries and its overall multilateral approach and policies towards the Asia-Pacific region. Contrary to the views of scholars who claim that Russia has already emerged as a major power in the Asia-Pacific, the thesis argues that Russia&rsquo
s strategy of becoming a great power in the Asia-Pacific Region has significant limitations stemming from its competitive and assertive policies that ignore the role of multilateralism and international cooperation. Although Russia has been actively engaged in the region at the bilateral level and through its participation in the regional organizations in the post-Cold war era, this region has its own particular dynamics which necessitate a greater level of regional economic integration and a liberal approach to multilateralism rather than a realist &ldquo
power politics&rdquo
approach. Russia&rsquo
s policy of aligning itself with China militarily in the region has counterproductive consequences as it intensifies geopolitical competition in the region, and marginalizes Moscow further. The thesis is composed of six chapters. After the introduction, the second chapter examines origins of Russia&rsquo
s presence in the Asia-Pacific Region. The following chapter discusses the sources of Russia&rsquo
s increasing interest in the Region. The fourth chapter is concerned with Russia&rsquo
s relations with main actors of the Asia-Pacific Region while the fifth chapter focuses on Russia&rsquo
s involvement in theregional organizations. The last chapter is the conclusion.
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Bukvareva, Elena, and Karsten Grunewald. "Ecosystem Services of Russia: Introduction to TEEB Russia & Extended Summary of TEEB Russia Volume 2." Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, 2020. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A71691.
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This extended summary introduces the TEEB Russia projects and sketches the main outlines of the comprehensive reports TEEB Russia Vols. 1 and 2. Commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the TEEB Russia projects were funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). They were supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (MNR) with the active participation of experts from the Biodiversity Conservation Center (Moscow), Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Dresden), Russian Academy of Sciences (A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, the Institute of Geography, Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, and the Institute for Systems Analysis), Lomonosov Moscow State University (the faculties of Biology, Geography, Economics and Zoological Museum), the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, and limited liability company «NextGIS».:1 The story of TEEB Russia
2 Ecosystem services of Russia: Why are they important?
3 Key findings of TEEB Russia 1
4 Objectives and key findings of TEEB Russia 2
4.1 Indicators of ecosystem assets
4.2 Refined estimate of ecosystem services for European Russia
5 Basic structure of ecosystem accounting in Russia
6 Main products of TEEB Russia (2013-2020)
7 Outlook – next steps
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Turkoglu, Burcin. "Russia'." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610615/index.pdf.
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This thesis aims to study Russian soft security policy under Vladimir Putin and examines the basic soft security threats which Russia has encountered and how it fought against these threats in the post-Soviet era. Contrary to the mainstream literature suggesting that Russia has focused exclusively on hard security issues within its national security policies due to its historical background and geo-political factors, the thesis argues that Russia started to give more importance to soft security besides hard security in its national security policies since Putin&rsquos presidency. Among soft security challenges, Russia prioritizes especially terrorism, transnational organized crime and energy security. The thesis is composed of six chapters. The introductory first chapter is followed by the second chapter examining the role of soft security in Russian national security. The following three chapters discuss Russia&rsquo
s soft security challenges of terrorism, transnational organized crime and energy security respectively whereas the sixth chapter concludes the thesis.
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Ozertem, Hasan Selim. "Russia'." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610982/index.pdf.
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This thesis seeks to examine Russian foreign policy in the post-Soviet era and its evolution in terms of Russia&rsquos use of soft power in the post-Soviet space. Contrary to the views that consider Russia exclusively as a hard power, this thesis argues that Russia has started to develop its soft power capabilities and how to use its soft power effectively in the post-Soviet space, especially since the beginning of Vladimir Putin&rsquo
s second Presidential term in 2004. In this context, Russia pursues a proactive foreign policy particularly in the spheres of language and education, which are important elements of its soft power. The thesis is composed of three main chapters in addition to the introduction and conclusion chapters. The first main chapter discusses the evolution of the soft power concept in Russian foreign policy by analyzing the period of 1992-2008. The second chapter seeks to analyze the position of Russian language in the CIS countries as lingua franca. The last chapter examines the Russian education system and the attraction of its higher education institutes for students from the CIS countries.
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Vanteeva, Nadia. "Whither corporate Russia?" Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534589.
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Haellmigk, Philip. "Iran, Russia, China." Universität Leipzig, 2020. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72843.
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Since the Trump election, the subject of extra-territorial application of national law
– in particular U.S. law – has received considerable attention. This is so because the
U.S. administration increasingly uses this legal tool to enforce its foreign policy
interests. A legal area with a particularly strong reach of extra-territoriality is U.S.
export controls as this allows the U.S. to control foreign states’ business. A very
recent and vivid example is the Huawei trade ban by the U.S. The purpose of this
article is to show the (harsh) legal and economic effects, which the extra-territorial
application of U.S. export-related laws have on international trade.
The article will focus on the approach taken by the U.S. to impose its export controls
outside the U.S. It will analyze the legal framework of extra-territorial U.S. export
controls and explore to which extent the U.S. laws apply to foreign business, i.e.,
business outside the U.S. The article will define the cases in which foreign companies
are subject to U.S. export controls and therefore must comply with U.S. regulations.
It will show that the applicability of U.S. export controls to foreign companies and
their business is considerably broad. It rigorously controls the destiny of U.S. origin
products and components once they have been exported from U.S. territory and also
regulates the worldwide export of products that have been manufactured by using
U.S. technology. In addition, U.S. export controls impose economic sanctions on
countries (e.g., Iran) or companies (e.g., Huawei) and prohibit foreign companies
from doing business with these sanctioned parties.
Understanding U.S. export controls and its extra-territorial reach are a challenge for
foreign companies. It is a rather complex legal system that requires deeper
knowledge of the underlying concept. However, foreign companies are well advised
to comply with U.S. export controls, as the penalties for violations can be severe,
including millions of dollars in fines and even imprisonment. In addition, the U.S.
may blacklist foreign companies with the effect that business with the U.S. or
elsewhere is no longer possible. Therefore, understanding U.S. export controls and
its extra-territorial reach is vital to foreign companies.
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Yan, Man-kit David, and 甄文傑. "Ideology and teacher education in communist Russia and post-communist Russia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962683.
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Yan, Man-kit David. "Ideology and teacher education in communist Russia and post-communist Russia." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23501583.
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Greene, Samuel A. "Russia in movement : civil society and the state in Putin's Russia." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2010. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3025/.
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The weakness of civil society in post-Soviet Russia has been widely discussed and is generally attributed to combinations of historical and cultural factors and authoritarian repression. This thesis adopts a conceptualization of civil society, drawn in part from social movement theory, which emphasizes the nature of interaction between citizens and the state. A series of three case studies traces the genesis and development of civic organizations and protest movements in Russia, involving human, housing and property rights, in order to discern how Russian citizens perceive their relationship with the state and form (or do not form) strategies for collective action. In the first case, the NGO Public Verdict finds success in defending individual citizens from law enforcement abuses but is incapable of affecting systemic change. In the second case, local protests over housing-related issues evolve into sustained movements but are unable to coalesce in the face of a state that prefers ad hoc policymaking. And lastly, spontaneous protests over proposed limits on the import of used cars from Japan grow into one of Russia's only sustained grass-roots social movements, capable of forcing the state into concessions and gaining a seat at the policy table. These studies are analyzed in the context of the political economy of Russia during the presidency of Vladimir Putin, during which the elite consolidated authoritarian rule while disengaging from the public and public policymaking. The difficulties Russians face in mobilizing, then, are seen as stemming from the privatization of power and the highly individualized nature of state-society relations. But when the state departs from its disengagement and acts in a way that allows Russian citizens to generate and maintain a perception of themselves as an aggrieved group, the latter prove capable of mounting and sustaining an organized response in defense of their rights and interests.
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Chapaev, Roman. "Financing transactions in Russia." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2010. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/434.
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The thesis analyzes Russian laws of security and insolvency and reviews common legal issues arising in cross-border financing transactions. To aid better understanding of up-to-date Russian law, the analysis includes historical information. The thesis concludes that Russian law traditionally did not adopt a regime favorable to lenders and that the law of security was inefficient. In addition, commercial practice suffered from the inflexible approach of courts to innovations. Statutory law was not appropriate for commercial, as opposed to retail, transactions. This situation may be partially attributed to the recent transition from planned to market economy and, hence, relatively short history of modern Russian law. The thesis highlights recent Russian legal reforms and their impact on lending practices. At the thesis shows, the respective changes provided more comfort and protection to the lenders and increased certainty in business transactions. In this way laws of security and insolvency were elevated to new levels and this demonstrated the changing approach of legislators and courts. This originality of this work is in that it combines the study of the original Russian sources of law with the perspective of financial transactions in the international markets. It also includes a comparative element: where appropriate rules of Russian law are contrasted with their counterparts in English law. Furthermore, Russian security and insolvency laws are often reviewed through the prism of their practical application and effect on lending practices. Thus, the link between law and economy is also exposed.
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Shidlovskiy, Kirill. "Heroes of New Russia." Master's thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta. Knihovna, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-392813.
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Diplomová práce “Hrdinové nové Rusi: Analýza archetypů postav v díle Alexeje Balabanova“ představuje život a dílo jednoho z nejpozoruhodnějších režisérů nové ruské kinematografie Alexeje Balabanova. Užitím kvalitativní obsahové analýzy pojednává o všech jeho celovečerních filmech, jak těch dokončených, tak i těch nedokončených, a soustředí se na archetypy hrdinů, které režisér/scenárista Balabanov ve svých dílech soustavně využívá. Kromě toho práce rovněž popisuje, jak se tyto archetypy v průběhu času měnily, stejně tak jako se Ruská federace měnila po pádu Sovětského svazu a jak Balabanov sám tyto změny vnímal, ať už ve svém životě či ve svém díle. Zjištěné poznatky práce dále zasazuje do širšího kontextu postaveného na národních, historických a kulturních aspektech tak, aby poskytla pro čistě subjektivní přístup slavného režiséra také ryze objektivní rámec.
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Sandström, Polina. "A Sense of Russia." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-280839.
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By exploring the relationship between rituals and human behavior in relationship to architectural design the project "A Sense of Russia" searches for answers to new ways of sharing and experiencing culture over national boundaries, creating a stronger and clearer insight by physically engaging the visitor to be part of the other and the yet unknown. Using Russia and the program of the traditional Russian steam bath banya as a set framework, the project aims to address the subject through the implementation of one architectural incision. Questioning what place and shape a fragment of Russia would take in a non-Russian context like Sweden. By going through the different layers of human physical and mental interpretation, a patchwork of sorts, engaging in phenomenological and sociological ideas, this thesis explores how culture could be experienced through architectural design. Through the process of digging, casting and carving the project results in a proposal at the site of The Russian Yard located in Slussen, Stockholm. While unravelling the historical layers on site the proposal aims to offer new impressions and make the visitor behave in new patterns through unexpected scenarios. Trying to make Sweden see, hear, feel and maybe even make a little sense of Russia.
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Frolova, Ksenia. "Presidential elections - Russia 2012." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-161879.
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The uniqueness of 2012 Presidential election campaign lies in some new trends: for the first time Internet played such an important role in influencing voters. It's not just about traditional official websites of the candidates, but first and foremost about campaigning in blogs and social networks. The opposition, including "off-system" one (which is advocating the overthrow of the ruling elite), was much more active in this field. The Internet space became the scene of this conflict, and we should expect that it would only escalate in the future.
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Kharitonenko, Dmitri. "Corporate governance ratings in Russia /." Schaan, 2009. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00264404.pdf.
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Russell, Gary P. "Exploring the "Weimar Russia" analogy." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA376027.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1999."December". Thesis advisor(s): David S. Yost, Mikhail Tsypkin. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Dobatkin, Dmitry. "Company law of Russia : statutes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425730.
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Shenai, Vijay. "Russia : economic transformation and growth." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442500.
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Mardilovich, Galina. "Printmaking in late Imperial Russia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610714.
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Anderson, Christopher C. "Ethnocentrism in Russia and Ukraine." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2037.
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This dissertation is an investigation into the causes and consequences of ethnocentrism in Russia and Ukraine. It expands on the current literature in political science which has focused exclusively on data from the United States. By examining new countries, this work increases our knowledge about the characteristics of ethnocentrism and its effects. I also go beyond what has been done in previous work by examining ethnocentrism’s variable effects on different ethnic groups in a society.
The dissertation is broken down into two parts. The first half, chapters one, two and three, look at the relationship between ethnocentrism and different ethnic groups. Using the ideas of William Sumner as a starting point, I investigate the differences in in-group and out-group attitudes across high-status and low-status ethnic groups using survey data from the United States, Russia and Ukraine. I also explore how group status influences individual levels of ethnocentrism.
In chapters four and five I use ethnocentrism to help explain individual-level foreign policy attitudes and vote choice in Ukraine. Using survey data and multivariate logistic and linear regression models, I show that ethnocentrism has distinct effects on ethnic Russians and ethnic Ukrainians living in Ukraine and that these effects are substantively significant. Ethnocentric Russians in Ukraine are much more likely than ethnic Ukrainians or non-ethnocentric ethnic Russians to support integration with Russia, to support fighting terrorism and to oppose NATO membership. They were also significantly less likely to vote for Viktor Yushchenko during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.
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Povozhaev, Lea M. "When Russia Came to Stay." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1175874818.
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Safavian, Mehnaz S. "Corruption and microenterprises in Russia /." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486398528558962.
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Garvie, Brett A. "Chechnya and Russia : conflict and self-determination." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FGarvie.pdf.
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Bologova, Diana. "Swedish picture of Russia : Analysis of media coverage of Putin, Russia and Russians in Swedish media." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Journalistik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41093.
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The study examines how print media in Sweden portray Putin, Russia and Russians and what makes an impact on Swedish journalists when they write on that subject. The first part presents a content analysis of articles published in the two main Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet (DN and SvD). The two most significant years of coverage of Russia in Sweden (2014-2015) were chosen as a time frame for the analysis. It examines the predominant tones that were used in the articles towards three keywords “Putin”, “Russia” and “Russians”, as well as the sources that were chosen by the journalists. In line with previous researchers, the author of this study observed a certain tendency shared in two Swedish printed media to report negatively about the Russian president. At the same time tones towards the country in general and its citizens were more neutral than negative. The second part of the research focuses on qualitative interviews with journalists representing different media in Sweden (radio, TV channels and newspapers). During the interviews, journalists were invited to reflect how they see Russian society, what connection they have with Russian culture and what impacts their choice of topics. According to the findings, a journalist’s work is affected by their individual background, economical situation in media organisations and expectations from the audience.
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Romaniello, Matthew Paul. "Absolutism and Empire: Governance along the Early Modern Frontier." Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1050355824.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 269 p.: ill. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Eve Levin, Dept. of History. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-269).
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Felker, Edward J. "Oz revisited Russian military doctrinal reform in light of their analysis of Desert Storm /." Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33021776.html.
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O'Leary, Matthew Lawrence. "Government and parliament : the development of accountability in Russian politcs in 1905 and 1906 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10429.
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Arndt, Charles Henry. "Dostoevsky's engagement of Russian intellectuals in the question of Russia and Europe : from "Winter notes on summer impressions" to "The devils" /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3134245.
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McIntosh, Scott E. "Thumping the hive : Neocortical Warfare in Chechnya /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sep%5FMcIntosh.pdf.
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Deppe, Kendra M. "The media and democracy in Russia." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FDeppe.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005.Thesis Advisor(s): Anne Clunan, Mikhail Tsypkin. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-91). Also available online.
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Cornwell, Graham C. "Nuclear weapons and NATO-Russia relations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA359768.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1998."December 1998." Thesis advisor(s): David S. Yost. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-120). Also available online.
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Silver, Joseph. "Technology and culture in modern Russia." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FSilver.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007.Thesis Advisor(s): Tsypkin, Mikhail. "December 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 18, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-77). Also available in print.
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Batjargal, B. "New entrepreneurs in post-Soviet Russia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390290.
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Wills, Rebecca. "The Jacobites and Russia 1715-1750." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320818.
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Pyke, Cameron. "Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2011. http://research.gold.ac.uk/5919/.
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This thesis considers Britten’s creative relationship with Russia, in the sense of aspects of Russian culture and politics, across his creative life. It makes particular use of the composer’s collection of scores, the full text of his diaries from 1928 to 1938 and his correspondence in the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh. The author has also conducted over twenty interviews with those with a perspective on this aspect of Britten’s creative sensibility, some of which are included as appendices, and carried out two research visits to Russia and Armenia. Particular attention is given to Britten’s lifelong admiration for Tchaikovsky and to his creative relationship with Shostakovich. The latter is considered both in the 1930s and the 1960s by means of Britten’s diaries, the correspondence between the two composers, Shostakovich’s collection of Britten scores, and a series of articles about Britten published in the Soviet Union in the 1960s. An attempt is made to consider the relationship between Britten’s and Shostakovich’s vocal and instrumental works during this latter period, with particular reference firstly, to the influence of Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya and secondly, to the topic of death. Finally, the thesis considers Britten’s creative relationship with Russia as an integrated phenomenon and explores some of the ambiguities inherent in Britten’s response and the wider question of Russian influence on his music.
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Hanson, David B., and James John Tritten. "A model of defense for Russia." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/24193.
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Mayhew, Nick. "Marriage and brotherhood in Muscovite Russia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/275349.
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In Russia today, conservative views about gender are often promoted through reference to the past, to show that supposedly ‘traditional’ gender roles are intrinsic to Russian history. Frequently, this idea is upheld in scholarship. My work explores the historicity of commonly held assumptions about gender. This dissertation focusses on gender and sexuality in Russia from the sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries. It shows that ideas about what constituted a virtuous marriage were established by reference to ideas about brotherhood. Brotherhood here refers not to biological siblings, but to a church rite of ‘spiritual brotherhood’ known in Russian as bratotvorenie. This rite has not been studied in any depth before. Based on archival work, this dissertation offers a detailed account of the tradition in Russia until its ban in 1650, when it was prohibited by leading ecclesiastical figures for being too like marriage. One churchman complained: ‘The priest, joining together these two men, unites them in matrimony’. The dissertation shows that bratotvorenie was conceived of in premodern Russia as a form of same-sex union, and that it was through banning this tradition that churchmen came to express in a coherent way which kinds of partnership were legitimate and why. The first chapter challenges the idea that marriage was always a monogamous union between a man and a woman for the creation of children, an idea that is often encountered in academic literature on Russian marriage history. It shows that the church rite of marriage was edited in Russia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when ideas about the sacramental nature of marriage changed. The second chapter builds on these observations, suggesting that marriage and ‘spiritual brotherhood’ were understood as analogous in the premodern period. The final two chapters look at depictions of marriage and brotherhood in hagiography and iconography respectively. They focus on Petr and Fevroniia, the first married couple to be canonised in Russia in 1547. In 2008, their feast day was reworked into a state festival called the ‘Day of Family, Love and Fidelity’, now widely celebrated across Russia. Petr and Fevroniia have been cast as the patron saints of so-called ‘traditional moral-spiritual values’. This view is generally upheld in existent scholarship on the saints. This dissertation responds to the way the saints are being represented today, arguing that they were initially venerated for subverting normative ideas about gender and sexuality—that they were queer. What is more, their veneration paralleled the veneration of holy brothers. Their hagiography seems to have been based on the Life of a monastic brotherhood, and icons depicting Petr and Fevroniia standardly showed them in monastic robes. Focussing on marriage and brotherhood in premodern Russia, each chapter of this dissertation challenges a preconceived idea about the immutability of supposedly ‘traditional’ gender roles in Russian history.
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Mannherz, Julia Carolin. "Popular occultism in late Imperial Russia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614949.
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Seliverstova, Nataliya, and Aleksandra Somkova. "Female Entrepreneurship in Russia: Women Wanted!" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74798.
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Female entrepreneurship, as a subject of the academic research, has gained a lot of popularity in the recent years. A considerable amount of attention to this field has been caused by the growing recognition that female entrepreneurship has a profound impact on the economic development. Nevertheless, the potential of female entrepreneurs is far from being fully realized in many economies. Having chosen Russia as the area of investigation, the researchers intend to examine female entrepreneurship and discover specific obstacles contained in it. Therefore, this study aims at discovering preventing factors that dissuade Russian women from stepping into entrepreneurship. For the purposes of this work,qualitative research approach is followed, with the actors view and qualitative content analysis being applied. Case studies and interviews are used to collect data about female entrepreneurs' opinion on the general state of female entrepreneurship in Russia, their attitudes toward it and assumptions about existing barriers. The results of the research demonstrate that distinguished and describedbarriers of female entrepreneurship hold different level of influence. The researchers also emphasize that actual barriers do not fully comply with those that are generally perceived by Russians and broadly described by scholars. From the study it is revealed that the most influential barriers are the following: managerial incompetence together with financial illiteracy, mistrust to the government and the myth of female entrepreneurship, with corruption and social prejudices being of less significance. The conclusion can also be drawn that the revealed myth of female entrepreneurship influences women's attitude towards entrepreneurship in Russia to much more extent than other obstacles. Some recommendations regarding possible alterations to current state of female entrepreneurship in Russia as well as suggestions to future female entrepreneurs, such as improving entrepreneurial environment, educational toolkit for female entrepreneurs, the importance of telling inspirational stories, are presented.
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Jones, T. "British business in Russia, 1892-1914." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1559904/.
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This thesis explores British direct investment in Russia 1892-1914, in order to answer the following research question: to what extent did the Russian government adhere to the rule of law and regulations in its relationship with British business interests undertaking foreign direct investment in Russia? In order to answer these research questions, this thesis begins by analysing Russian commercial law and economic policy towards foreign companies before 1914. It finds that Russian commercial law legislated for a high level of arbitrary control over foreign companies by multiple sections of the Russian government. On the other hand, economic policy changed between 1900 and 1904 towards more lawful regulation of the affairs of foreign companies. It then analyses patterns of British investment in Russia and investor perceptions of the Russian market. It finds that British investment between 1892 and 1914 can be divided into two distinct phases either side of the industrial downturn of 1900-1904, with more modern and dynamic investment patterns in the latter period. Russia was seen to be profitable purely because of the natural resources found there as opposed to Russian government policy. Finally, this thesis examines incidences of conflict between British business interests and the Russian government. It finds that the shift in government policy towards closer regulation after 1900-1904 was reflected in how it dealt with the provision of redress for British companies, although considerations of state interests over the rule of law resulted in British companies being unable to form stable assumptions about the Russian government. Taken as a whole, these findings indicate that although the Russian government attempted to reform its relationship with foreign capitalists over the period 1892-1914, its efforts produced little effect on British business interests, who displayed little trust in the Russian government to follow regulations and the rule of law.
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Shekhovtsov, Anton. "Russia and the European Far Right." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10047343/.
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This thesis explores contemporary relations between various Russian actors and European far right ideologues, movements, organisations and parties. The thesis demonstrates that each side of this relationship is driven by evolving and, at times, circumstantial political and pragmatic considerations that involve, on the one hand, the need to attain or restore declining or deficient domestic or international legitimacy and, on the other hand, the ambition to reshape the apparently hostile domestic or international environments in accordance with one’s own interests. Introduction discusses the research background of the thesis, and outlines its conceptual framework, methodology and structure. Chapter 1 discusses pro-Russian elements of the European far right milieu before the Second World War. Chapter 2 looks at the active cooperation between Russian and Western far right politicians after the fall of the Soviet Union. Chapter 3 examines the right-wing authoritarian evolution of Vladimir Putin’s regime – an evolution that facilitated the deepening of the relations between Russian pro-Kremlin actors and the European far right. Chapters 4 and 5 consider two areas of dynamic cooperation between various Russian actors and European far right politicians and organisations aimed at supporting and consolidating alternative institutions that aim at challenging and undermining liberaldemocratic practices and traditions: electoral monitoring and the media. Chapter 6 looks at openly pro-Russian activities that Austrian, French and Italian far right parties have carried out in their national contexts, and identifies several types of operators who furthered cooperation between them and Russian actors. Chapter 7 explores the performance of European far right politicians on high-profile discussion platforms in Moscow and at sessions of the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels, and analyses the narratives that they promote within these settings. Conclusion presents main findings of this research.
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Ponomarenko, Alexey. "Essays on monetary analysis in Russia." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAB005/document.
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Dans la présente thèse on voit présenter les résultats de différends aspects de l'analyse monétaire de l'économie russe. En général, c'est une recherche principalement neuve, car autrefois cette méthode n'a pas été appliquée à l'égard de la Russie. Dans certains cas notre apport dans les recherches dans ce domaine consiste non seulement en analyse notamment pour la Russie, mais aussi en application de nos instruments pour un groupe plus étendu de pays avec l'économie de transitionThis dissertation presents the results of different aspects of monetary analysis for the Russian economy. This is mostly a novel research that was not applied to Russia previously. In some cases we contribute to the literature not only by conducting Russia-specific analysis but also by applying our tools to the cross-section of emerging market economies
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Tulupnikov, Ivan S. "Prefabricated housing for Russia : the past, present and future of prefabricated low-rise residential construction in Russia." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33265.
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With the development of free-economy relations and with the changes in the social life of Russia that continue to this day, a construction boom in the low-storied housing market, which began in 1991, continues. However, despite the rapid development of the low-storied market itself, the construction industry was unable to adapt to the new economic relations and the high consumer demands being placed on it. This led to an increase in prices for low-storied housing and made it unaffordable for most strata of the population.This paper will consider the peculiarities of applying new construction technologies in the market for low-storied housing in Russia, with the aim of reducing the cost of construction. The paper concentrates on studying previous experience in industrial construction in Russia, as well as on studying the peculiarities of today's low-storied housing market.
As a result of this research, the author identifies a number of specific peculiarities which new construction technology should possess in order to be able to adapt itself more rapidly and neatly on the Russian low-storied housing market.
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O'Rourke, Shane. "Warriors and peasants : the contradictions of Cossack culture 1861-1914." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295965.
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Akti, Serkan. "NATO - Russian relations : status and prospectives /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FAkti.pdf.
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Bydanova, Elisaveta. "Employment of higher education graduates in Russia." Phd thesis, Université de Bourgogne, 2006. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00153282.
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L'auteur s'interroge sur la nature des compétences demandées dans un pays en transition économique, comme la Russie. La question est de savoir : « Est-ce qu'en Russie, les défis auxquels doivent faire face les diplômés sont les mêmes que dans les autres pays de l'Europe ? Est-ce que les diplômés russes ont véritablement besoin de se procurer d'un éventail plus large des compétences afin de mieux réussir sur le marché du travail? ». Nous cherchons à savoir également si l'enseignement universitaire permet d'acquérir toutes les compétences demandées par les employeurs ?Nous avons mené une recherche visant à vérifier notre hypothèse qu'en Russie, actuellement, il ne suffit plus de posséder des bonnes connaissances dans un domaine particulier, mais il devient indispensable d'acquérir des compétences plus larges et variés, comme la capacité de gérer le stress, de travailler en équipe, de coordonner les activités des autres, etc.
Afin de répondre à ces questions, nous avons mené une enquête auprès 3500 diplômés des 4 établissements d'enseignement supérieur, dans les deux régions de Russie: dans la région de Moscou et à Volgograd. Nous avons obtenue environ 300 réponses à Volgograd et 180 dans la région de Moscou. Cette enquête a été réalisée grâce à la participation financière de nombreux acteurs en Russie et à l'étranger, comme la Mairie de Dijon, le Ministère des affaires étrangères de France, l'Université de Volgograd, l'Académie de management social de Moscou, et également grâce au soutient méthodologique de l'IREDU et du projet européen « REFLEX » (« Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society »).
Dans en premier temps, nous avons procédé à une analyse générale de la situation des diplômés sur le marché du travail. Nous remarquons que les diplômés bénéficient d'une situation assez favorable sur le marché du travail. Le taux de chômage est très bas (2% à Volgograd, 4 fois inférieur au taux moyen de chômage dans la région ; 3% dans la région de Moscou, la moyenne régional étant de 4,2%). 60 % des diplômés à Volgograd, ainsi que dans la région de Moscou, n'ont jamais été au chômage depuis la fin de leurs études (depuis 2000 - 2001). La durée moyenne du chômage, pour ceux qui ont eu cette expérience, est de 2 mois. 65% des diplômés dans les deux échantillons sont satisfaits de leur emploi actuel. Les revenues des diplômés (après le contrôle de l'inflation) ont pratiquement doublés en 5 ans, entre 2000 (sortie des études) et 2005 (emploi actuel).
Dans en deuxième temps, nous nous sommes focalisés sur les compétences avec un zoom sur les deux questions particulières: quelles compétences sont demandées sur le marché du travail et quel rendement salarial apportent-elles aux diplômés. Notre analyse est basée sur l'autoévaluation des compétences par les diplômés.
Dans un troisième temps, nous avons examiné le rôle de l'enseignement supérieur dans le développement des compétences requises sur le marché. L'analyse des données montre que l'enseignement supérieur remplie bien sa fonction principale : apprendre les connaissances techniques dans un domaine particulier. En outre, il permet de développer la capacité d'analyse et la capacité d'apprendre rapidement des nouveaux savoirs. Cependant, on observe qu'il n'est pas suffisamment efficace pour aider à développer un certain nombre d'autres compétences requises par les employeurs, comme la capacité de manager le personnel, la maîtrise des outils informatiques (ordinateur, Internet), la maîtrise des langues étrangères, etc.
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Ozbas, Mustafa. "Historical Origins Of Academic Orientalism In Russia." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607040/index.pdf.
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The objective of this thesis is to examine the history of Oriental studies in Russia from the beginning of the first Russian interaction with Oriental societies to the end of the 19th century. In particular, the thesis attempts to explain under what conditions Russia had started conducting research on the language, history, geography and culture of the East and how Russian Oriental studies evolved from the practical aims to the academic goals. The central hypothesis of this thesis is that there is a close relationship between Russian Oriental studies and Russia&rsquos expansion to the East. Therefore, this thesis is an attempt to understand effects of Russian diplomatic, religious, military and of course academic goals on the Oriental studies.
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Dereli, Pinar. "Change And Continuity In Russia'." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607300/index.pdf.
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CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN RUSSIA&rsquoS RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES IN EURASIA (2000-2005) Dereli, Pinar M. Sc., Department of Eurasian Studies Supervisor: Assit. Prof. Dr. Oktay F. Tanrisever June 2006, 112 pages This thesis seeks to analyze change and continuity in Russia&rsquo
s relations with the United States (US) in Eurasia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin between 2000 and 2005. The thesis argues that the fundamental change in Russia&rsquo
s relations with the US came immediately after Putin&rsquo
s presidency, rather than 9/11 terrorist attacks, as his foreign policy priorities required the establishment of close relations with the US as much as possible. The September 11 terrorist attacks have only facilitated the implementation of Putin&rsquo
s this pragmatic foreign policy. In fact, the continuation of differences between Russia and the US concerning bilateral and regional issues shows that their strategic partnership is mainly rhetoric driven by the short-term tactical considerations rather than shared global values and long-term interests. For this reason, Eurasia continued to be an area of confrontation in Russia&rsquo
s relations with the US in the post-9/11 era. The thesis consists of four main chapters apart from introduction and conclusion. The first main chapter discusses the evolution of Russian foreign policy towards the US between 1991 and 2000. The following chapter deals with the sources of change in Russian foreign policy towards the US before 9/11 events. The next chapter examines Russian-US bilateral relations after 9/11. Finally, the last chapter discusses the impact of 9/11 on the Russian-US relations in Eurasia. Keywords: Pragmatism, Vladimir Putin, Russian foreign policy, the United States, September 11.
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Sulejmanovic, Selma. "Russia And The Kosovo Conflict: 1998-2008." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609472/index.pdf.
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This thesis aims to study Russian foreign policy towards Kosovo during the period between 1998 and 2008 in light of the school of thought that claims that Russia's foreign policy toward Kosovo resembles the Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This thesis argues that Russia&rsquo
s role in the Kosovo war and its aftermath is motivated by Russia&rsquo
s interest in being seen as a great power in international system rather than using Kosovo in order to confront the United States. Besides an introduction and conclusion, the thesis consists of four main chapters. The second chapter presents historical background and discusses Russian foreign policy during the wars of secession in Yugoslavia. The third chapter focuses on Russian foreign policy and the 1998 &ndash
1999 war in Kosovo, while the fourth chapter covers the Russian role in the post-conflict settlement in Kosovo. Finally, the fifth chapter deals with Russian foreign policy as it relates to the resolved Kosovo situation.