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Russia
Group 4: Tiona Furin, Matt Dugdale, Maria
Perez, and Jared Schrum
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Vital Statistics
Political Issues
Industry
Culture
Russia
U.S.S.R.
Russia
Population: 289 million
Population: 144 million
Area: 22.4 million km2
Area: 17 million km2
Social Factors
Russia
Population: 144 million
Growth Rate:
Life Expectancy:
-0.3%
67.66
Infant mortality: 19.51/1000
Literacy rate:
99.6%
United States
290
0.92%
77.14
6.75/1000
97%
Infrastructure
Area:
Russia
United States
17,075,200 km2
9,629,091 km2
Exports (billions):
$104.6
$687
Imports
$60.7 billion
$1.165 trillion
Economy:
Agriculture: 5.8%
Industry:
34.6%
Services:
59.6%
2%
18%
80%
Economic Factors
GDP
Russia
United States
$1.35 trillion
$10.4 trillion
GDP per capita
$9,300
$37,600
GDP growth rate
4.2%
2.45%
Index of Economic 135th
Freedom Rank
Corruption Rank
71st
6th
16th
Political Conditions
The Fall of the USSR
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June 12, 1991
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1st Presidential Election
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Boris Yeltsin elected
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Russian Independence Day
The Fall of the USSR
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December 1991
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CPSU formally dismantled
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Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
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Loosely organized
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Gorbachev resigns as President of USSR
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Soviet Union ceases to exist
1992 – 1995: Political Unrest
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11 of 15 former Soviet Republics join CIS
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Communists challenge Yeltsin
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Yeltsin dissolves parliament in 1993
New parliament
 New constitution
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New Constitution
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Pros
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Democratic federal state
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Mirrors U.S. Bill of Rights
Private Property
 Freedom of speech and religion
 Protection from illegal search and seizure
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New Constitution
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Cons
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Lacks checks and balances
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More power given to the President
Control Parliament
 Power to dissolve the legislative body
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1996 – 2000
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Yeltsin is re-elected in 1996
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Begins to get ill
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Politics are turbulent and unstable
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Resigns on December 31, 1999
Vladimir Putin
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Elected on March 26, 2000
Continues to stamp out communist ties
Anti-terror laws
WTO
Support of the people
Political Structure
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Executive Branch
President at the head
 Head of government
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Legislative Branch
Federation Council
 State Duma
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Political Structure
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Judicial Branch
Constitutional Court
 Supreme Court
 Superior Court of Arbitration
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Political Parties
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50 Political Parties Registered
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Two opposing trends
Weakening party structure
 Pressure from fed to create party structure
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New mixed proportional-majority system
Russian Industry
4 Famous Industries
o Space
and Technology
o Nuclear
o Oil
o Vodka
SPACE
Sputnik-1957
Alive and Well:
Last few years, Russia
just trailing behind US in
launches of space
vehicles (ie. satellites) by
only 13-14%
http://www.russianspaceweb.com
Nuclear
Country
No. of
Units
Capacity
MW Net
Nuclear Share
Argentina
2
935
7.26%
Brazil
2
1855
1.45%
China
3
2167
1.19
Japan
53
43491
33.82%
USA
104
97144
19.83
Russia
29
19843
14.95%
Nuclear
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Multi-Billion Dollar
Industry
Prone to Contention
Churnobyl-NobodyKnew
K-19
Regulated by government
2002-Putin signed law “On
Environment Protection
Nuclear
Hot News!!
Earlier this year
Russia organized a
buy back of used
Iranian Uranium for
storage and use.
Oil
Biggest PlayerYukos
 Market Value of
36 Billion Dollars
 #4 in world
production
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Oil
Major conflict with YukosIndex down 15%
 Mikhail Kordorkovsky-CEO of
Yukos Jailed
“The battle between the
government and the Yukos
chief, who had offended
Russian President Vladimir
Putin with his increasingly
brazen political ambitions,
has disrupted one of the
greatest market
turnarounds.”
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Oil
"Putin's action, which is so transparently
political and punitive in nature against
a private company ... really suggests
that Russia isn't ready for membership
in an organization of advanced
industrial economies.“
-Richard Perle, neo-conservative guru
Vodka
Advanced by 2.2% in
first quarter of
2003
Culture
“Some people live like ‘sheeps’, just
consuming from day to day what is given to
them, without caring to question the reality
that they impose on themselves. Some
people, who are more intelligent, live
questioning reality around them, exploring it,
and expanding it.”
-Nikolay
http://www.waytorussia.net/Features/RussianPeople/2003Sept17/
Culture
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The People
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Older generation
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Pessimistic
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Lost without
communism
Culture
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The People
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New Generation
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Optimistic
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Excited to change and
innovate
Culture
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Negative effects
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Falling Birthrates
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Increase in substance abuse
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Income distribution inequalities
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Corruption
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Mafia
Culture
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Positive effects
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Freedom
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Abundant opportunities
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A bright future for tomorrow?
We hope we have expanded your
knowledge of Russia:
Thank you
Vital Statistics
Political Issues
Industry
Culture