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20 July 2008 English | На русском языке

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The Romance of Caucasia

The opponents of Russia ascribe ulterior motives for Moscow’s determination to retain its share of Caucasia. However, the struggle in Russian eyes may be seen as a desperate attempt to retain its essential identity, ideology, and even its very reason for existence. Caucasia is an integral part of Russia, and its future destiny depends on retaining this integrity.

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The Exciting Potential of the Russian Economy

People, who speak effusively about the massive opportunities in India and China, often overlook the Russian situation. Russia has a greater land mass than any other country. Its wealth of natural resources is staggering. Russia has such a large reserve of energy sources that all of Europe worries about its dependence on this giant! Russian technical human resources are also numerous and constitute a major talent pool which can confront most other nations.

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Russia: A Highlight of Every Saint-Petersburg Stay

The beauty and romance of the city is now widely known, so expecting a Cinderella-like experience in St. Petersburg is commonplace! Nevertheless, lodgings and victuals in a country under decades of communist rule must raise a few doubts in the minds of novices to Russia. Indeed there is considerable justification for such trepidation, but fortunately St. Petersburg is an oasis of pampered luxury in terms of a place to stay.

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Russians Still Know to Make Money!

We do not know if Soviet citizens lacked the urge to make money, but there can be no doubt on this score when it comes to today’s Russians! There is an amazing difference between the hard communist regimes of the past, and the bubbling capitalist democracy of today, which have ruled over the largest country in the world, since the last World War as the phenomenon of common Russian enterprise is stunning when we consider the impediments in ways to make money from which an entire generation suffered. The talent to make money in creative but honest ways is central to the character of the people who inhabit, though sparsely, the vast stretch between Europe and the far reaches of Asia. Communism for all its fanfare and longevity has not been able to dent the spirit of the Russian people.

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Riding Moscow’s Subways - Russia

Opulent, vaulted, marble-columns. Ornate mosaics and stunning stained glass. You’ll find yourself wondering if you’re really traveling along Moscow’s famed underground subway system or if you’re visiting a museum! In reality you’re experiencing both.

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