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Examines history of Russian relations with the West in terms of geography, politics, national identity, economics, and population, and current trends toward internationalization and globalization.

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The article provides an analysis of linguistic and cultural specificity of the Internet political discourse. The significant characteristics of the Russian blogosphere are highlighted. An attempt is made to reveal the semantic dominants of bloggers' discourse. The authors come to the conclusion that cultural specificity is a broad category which can be described as a combination of factors defming the essential features of society's culture.

The informal economy is today the reality of all countries in the world, including both those in transition and the developed ones, but to a varying degree. The author makes special reference to the situation in the Russian Federation, discusses some policy options for reducing the informal economy. The author argues that the implementation of the basic aim - the policy of reintegration of the grey economy into legal system - is through rounding-off a market-oriented economic order, full protection of property, implementation of the policy of macroeconomic stability, stable exchange rate, foreign trade liberalization and the development of financial markets.

Even though entrepreneurship and new venture creation is extremely
important to the future market orientation of the new Russia, there is
little information on the state of entrepreneurship in the country.
Based on a review of previous literature on Russian entrepreneurs, a
survey of Russian entrepreneurs and the new ventures created was
undertaken. Results indicate that entrepreneurs are indeed operant in
the new Russia and with better infrastructure support, could have an
even greater impact on the market‐oriented movement of the country.

Examines what the collapse of the Soviet state has meant to the political, economic, and social environment of the Russian people, focusing on the residents of two provincial cities, Syktyvkar and Kirov; based on interviews conducted in 1994.