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11România — /rddaw mu nyah/; Eng. /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. Romanian name of ROMANIA. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a Communist peoples republic in 1947 and the… …
12Boris Yeltsin — Yeltsin redirects here. For other uses, see Yeltsin (disambiguation). Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Борис Николаевич Ельцин 1st President of the Russian Federation In office 25 December 1991 – …
13History of post-Soviet Russia — With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Russian Federation became an independent country. Russia was the largest of the fifteen republics that made up the Soviet Union, accounting for over 60% of the GDP and over half of… …
14Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
15Mircea Coşea — Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea Coşea (born June 9, 1942) is a Romanian politician, economist, diplomat, essayist, journalist and professor. A former member of the Party of Social Democracy (PDSR) until June 1997, he joined Teodor Meleşcanu and Iosif… …
16Demographics of Russia — Population (in millions) 1950 – January 2010.[1] Population: 142,905,200 (2010 Russian Census) Growth rate …
17Media — The term “media,” and its descriptive derivative medial’nyi, meaning “pertaining to media,” is a new addition to the Russian language. A more common term used both in academia and popular discourse is sredstva massovoi informatsii (SMI), which …
18Economy of Haiti — Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; however its potential for leaving its long associated status is growing. Two thirds of all Haitians depend on the agriculture sector, mainly small scale subsistence farming, and remain… …
19Janusz Lewandowski — (pronounced| januʃ lɛvan dɔfskʲi, born 13 June 1951 in Lublin) is a Polish economist and politician belonging to the Gdansk liberals group, and a member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the Committee on Budgets.… …
20White & Case — Infobox Law Firm firm name = White Case LLP firm headquarters = num offices = 38 total, 33 international num attorneys = 2,080 (2007) num employees = approx. 4,800 total practice areas = General practice key people = Hugh Verrier, managing… …
