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100
What is Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the Soviet Leader to put in place the Perestroika Reforms
100
What is the United States
In the 1990's Russia had to rely on loans from which Western nation to avoid economic doldrums
100
What is United Russia
This party holds over 75% of the seats in the State Duma, and is known as Putin's party
100
What is government and economy
Corruption is a huge problem at all levels of ____ and ____
100
What is 15
In the CIS there is this many Republics not including Russia binded by trade agreements
200
What is Yeltsin Shock Therapy
what is the name of this policy that caused the rich to become wealthier and the middle/lower class to drop out
200
What is the Commonwealth of independent States
This confederation unites Russia with its former Soviet Republics, binding them by trade agreements
200
What is 20 yrs
Putin is currently serving _ amount of years as president/prime minister of Russia
200
What is the oligarchs
The Russian government is interconnected with these extremely wealthy businessmen
200
What is Media Freedom
Anna Politkovskaya's death marked the end of this in Russia
300
What is Gas/Oil
This resource is the reason Russia is a Rentier State
300
What is Chechnya
This Region of Russia has been an are of long standing conflict due to ethnicity and nationality issues
300
What is Gazprom
The Russian government owns all major television networks and this gas/oil corporation
300
What is 75%
Russia controls/owns this much % of the Gas giant Gazprom
300
What is Statism
This term is defined as system in which the state has almost total control over social and economic affairs
400
What is 7%
At its peak the Russian Economies annual growth was improving by __%
400
What is the removal of a Soviet Era Statue from a public place in the Estonian capital
This action by the Estonian government caused ethnic Russians living in Estonia to attack the Academy of Arts in the Estonian capital, and a nationwide computer blackout the day after
400
What is an illiberal democracy
Because of Putin's reforms Russia is considered this type of democracy
400
What is the Russian mafia
The police and this crime syndicate are often connected
400
What is Social Welfare
Because there is little to none of _____ in Russia, many people have to work until they die
500
What is $1.60
How much was the Russian Ruble worth in comparison to U.S dollars before the collapse of the economy
500
What is Andrei lugovoi
In 2006 this Russian businessman was involved in an assassination of a former KGB agent and Kremlin critic
500
What is the Beslan School siege
This Terrorist attack in Russia caused 360 people to die,many children. And was the building block for Putin's political reform, causing regional officials to no longer be directly elected, but rather elected by the government
500
What is the Media, radio, Gazprom and all major TV networks
The Russian Government has control of these 4 main organizations
500
What is the 2nd Chechen War or chechen war
Anna Politkovskaya was killed because she criticized Putin and the Russian Government over this conflict






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