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I think Ukrainian needs to be an official language in Russia. Why? I have had some Russians who are writing Russian should be an official language of Ukraine, because there are Russian speakers that live in Ukraine.
Russian as the official language everywhere there are Russians
Basically people should speak whatever language they want to speak at [...]

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EnglishRussia is a blog, which is about Russia and depends on user contribution as well as their staff, submitting mostly photos to their blog.
What is EnglishRussia?
The website EnglishRussia or rather is a blog that gets about 200,000 visitors a day.   From the name and the visits you would think that it would be in depth [...]

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Russia
The Russian nation is more of an idea than a people.  Yes there are ethic Russians, even the majority,  but Russia today and argueably since the beginning of the Mongel yoke in the 12th century has always been a multi ethnic empire with over 100 recognized ethic groups.  The idea of Russia is, imperialism and [...]

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Russia and the Russians
I am writing this a little because I feel guilty because sometimes I write posts that seem hard against Russia or the Russians. However, this is not the case. I am actually really into Russia and Russian history and culture. Rather what I disprove of is Russia’s lack of democracy and blind [...]

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What is happening in Russia now will affect your life and the course of Europe for the next 20 years. Russia has two paths to tread. The Russian Economy is between two paths.

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Transsiberian the movie
I watched the film Transsiberian last night with my wife Kasia. I would give it a two thumbs up. One of my off the beaten path dreams has been to cross Siberian with via the transsiberian railroad across Russia. The trip is about a week and you can buy tickets in any [...]

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Ossetia | Why Russia invaded
I live in Eastern Europe and might have a better view point than simply watching TV as I know people from the region in question, from both sides. Georgian people are saying Ossetia is a peaceful region with no fighting. Most people are enjoying their summer vacations and relaxing. [...]

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Russia invades Georgia
I am a big fan of Russia, the Russian language, Russian culture and of course I know scores of amazing Russian people. I also do not understand the whole situation in Georgia, it seems that the Georgians were disallowing a break away province to have independence. However, the imperialistic Russian government continues to [...]

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The real economy in Russia
The economic situation in Russia is this. Russia and the Russians are getting rich, but the quality of life is not near that of Europe. My hope for Russia is they get a more open liberal economy that is pro business and pro trade with Europe. This will bring greater [...]

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Russia wants to takeover part of Ukraine
Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea.   Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because [...]

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