Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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Tsarist Russia: Reform and Reaction 1855 - 81 Q. Explain why Alexander II’s policies became more reactionary after 1866 (12 marks) The year of 1866 can be seen to have been a turning point in the Tsar’s policies becoming more reactionary and reversing many of the changes his reforms had brought. The reforms had been put in place in an attempt to propel Russia out of its increasingly backward state; as much as reforms such as the emancipation of the serfs‚ greater freedoms and opportunities in education
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where the tsars of Russia had complete control. Society had a rigid social structure based on serfdom and there was very limited social mobility. The economy was based upon that of agriculture and crops such as wheat and barley and labor was done by hand‚ as was rest of the world since industrialization had not occurred yet. Russia was expanding its borders under powerful tsars and was a great world power. In 1700‚ serfdom had been what Eastern European society was based on in Russia. Serfs were tied
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War. __________ Russia was pathetic. They had a HUGE army‚ but they didn’t know how to fight. They had this thing called "mystical piety" which meant that they could commune with god if their heads were uncovered...so that meant that the soldier didnt have helmets...which meant that they died sooo easily. Not to mention the fact that often they didnt even have weapons. So‚ it is no wonder that the Japanese won and it is no wonder that when Stalin said "I will make Russia a superpower" that
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B6: Russia in Revolution‚ 1914-1924 What impact did the First World War have on Russia? The war was greeted with more celebrations than in any other country in Europe. The Russians were so keen to get at the Germans that they actually had armies advancing into Germany after only two weeks. This took the Germans by surprise. The Germans had to move reinforcements from France to help their armies in the east. But many Russian units were poorly prepared. They did not have enough rifles
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of the IMF on the international community and the European Debt Crisis. Russia is focused on helping the IMF as they take strides towards making a larger impact in low-income communities as well as the Eurozone. And Russia is open to helping with the financial crisis currently facing the European Union through whichever means it has available. Both these topics are of large importance to the Russian Federation‚ though Russia hopes to focus on the European Debt Crisis‚ as it is a more immediate matter
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ТЕМА № 10 NEW CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION. EDUCATION REFORM IN THE UK AND RUSSIA. Life has changed. Political‚ national and economic considerations are closely interlaced with each other but they all influence the status of teaching English at this or that particular time. Economic considerations for teaching and learning English are more than considerations: they are imperatives. Globalization makes our planet a smaller place‚ integrating financial‚ information and trading systems‚ and the role
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Nationalism and Imperialism in Russia and Ukraine With months of violent outbreaks in the Ukraine cities‚ a fleeing president‚ Crimea wanting to join Russia and an approaching Russian military‚ Ukraine’s people are on edge. Earlier this month‚ British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the standoff in Ukraine the "biggest crisis in Europe of the 21st century." Today‚ Russia and Ukraine have many nationalist views and imperialistic ideas that are resulting in actions. In November
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to create closer relations with the European Union (EU) as well as Russia in order to bait the capital necessary to maintain Ukraine’s standard of living without significantly affecting the local population. One of these measures was an association agreement with the European Union which would provide Ukraine with funds contingent to several reforms in almost all aspects of Ukrainian society and break its economic ties with Russia. Yanukovych‚ at first‚ considered the contingencies to be fair but
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Report on the situation of Russia in 1903 Russia is a vast empire and is crumbling piece by piece due to many different things happening in the country. The empire is falling bit by bit due to the backward industry and bad leadership. Reasons that will be explained in this report for this bad situation are an inefficient and corrupt government‚ the conditions of peasants‚ the contrast between the rich and the poor‚ conditions of workers and threats from opposition groups. All of these things are
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