Russian Politics

What is the role of government in the modern world? The environment that governments operate in today is hugely complex. Governments face difficult challenges on all sides. Global upheavals and geopolitical shifts, climate change, rapidly evolving technologies and socio-economic demographics, resource constraints, an increasingly diverse constituency and citizens' more demanding expectations - these are just some of the forces driving societal changes and evolving the context in which governments operate.

The terrifying, lengthening list of Russia’s use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev’s latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Russia and the Soviet Union have developed horrendous neurotoxins. At its center is a ruthless chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing an absolutely deadly, undetectable, and untraceable poison for which there is no antidote. But Kalitin becomes consumed by guilt over countless deaths from his Faustian pact to create the ultimate venom.

The Russian van Gogh is a thrilling international race against time as Harvard Art History Professor and Forensic Art Detective Riley Spenser, the world's leading expert on the paintings of van Gogh teams up with the British Secret Service to chase down a lost van Gogh.

30 января 1933 года Адольф Гитлер принял присягу в качестве канцлера Германии — и культурный ландшафт Поздней Веймарской республики изменился в мгновение ока. Февраль определил, кому из ведущих писателей, артистов и интеллектуалов придется опасаться за свою жизнь и спасаться бегством, кто будет делать карьеру под протекцией преступников, а кто удалится во внутреннюю эмиграцию, чтобы воочию увидеть, как творится история. Уве Витшток на основе дневников, писем и архивных материалов воссоздает ощущение исторического слома, охватившего Германию.

From learning about Lenin and the Red Army to discovering how and why Stalin rose to power and his eventual leadership during World War II and beyond, this book provides an essential look at one of the most important periods in Russian history. Listeners will be enthralled by this fascinating tale that delves into every aspect of Russia's struggles and successes.

Mythen haben Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine den Boden bereitet. Von der Erfindung eines geeinten russischen Volks durch den deutschen Mönch Innozenz Giesel bis zum Narrativ einer russischen Krim – russische Propaganda nimmt die Ukraine und ihre Geschichte seit Jahrzehnten in Geiselhaft. In seinem die Jahrhunderte umspannenden Buch führt uns Mikhail Zygar zu den Ursprüngen von Russlands Imperialismus – und weist so den Weg aus seinen zerstörerischen Wahnvorstellungen.

Geheimagent Rob Tacoma alleine gegen die russische Mafia. Rücksichtslos und unglaublich brutal übernimmt die Mafia aus Russland die kriminelle Unterwelt in den USA. Als zwei hochrangige Politiker hingerichtet werden, ist die Botschaft klar: Widerstand wird mit tödlicher Gewalt beantwortet. In Ermangelung anderer Möglichkeiten setzt der Präsident die ehemaligen Navy SEALs Billy Cosgrove und Rob Tacoma ein, um den geheimnisvollen Mafia-Boss aufzuspüren und auszuschalten.

A mission gone wrong many years before. Ranger, now a young man, is called to help find the father he never knew. The Russian spy was a traitor to America and captured his father, putting him in a Russian work camp in Ust-Kava. It's a race through time to find the Russian spy who killed his mother and changed Ranger's life forever. This mission takes Ranger across Russia and into the Indian Ocean, ending in the Sister Islands.

Cold War Radio is a fascinating look at how the United States waged the Cold War through the international broadcasting of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Mark G. Pomar takes listeners inside the two radio stations to show how the broadcasts were conceived and the impact they had on international broadcasting, United States-Soviet relations, Russian history, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

This third edition of The Mueller Report, released on November 9, 2020, was compiled using the FOIA-Processed Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. Previously redacted material was released in June 2020 related Roger Stone and additional unredacted information was released by the Department of Justice in November about the Russian interference efforts.

"Супрематизм. Мир как беспредметность, или Вечный покой" - главный философский трактат Каземира Малевича. Это сочинение позволяет полноценно оценить парадоксальность и своеобычность Малевича-мыслителя.

Риторика - филологическая дисциплина, изучающая искусство речи, правила построения художественной речи, ораторское искусство, мировоззрение, красноречие. Из определения риторики становится ясна цель, которую преследовал Аристотель в своём трактате.

In this book, the listener will learn why the gap between the rich and everyone else grows wider. In this book, the listener will get an explanation of why savers are losers. In this book, the listener will find out why debt and taxes make the rich richer. In this book, the listener will learn why traditional education actually causes many highly educated people, such as Robert's poor dad, to live poorly.

The Plot to Destroy Trump exposes the deep state conspiracy to discredit and even depose the legitimately elected President Donald J. Trump with the fabricated Russian dossier, including: how the unsubstantiated accusations of collusion began with former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, Fusion GPS, and the Democratic National Convention on behalf of Hillary Clinton; the opportunistic role played by Russia’s FSB and former KGB agents, according to Putin’s strategy to create chaos in the West; and much more.

Издание включает в себя книгу "Жнани-йога" писателя, переводчика, оккультиста Уильяма Уокера Аткинсона, известного под литературным псевдонимом Йог Рамачарака. Философия йогов может быть разделена на несколько больших отделов или областей.

Viv Groskop has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life ( Anna Karenina) to being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov's work). This is a literary self-help memoir, with examples from the author's own life.

In their provocative new book, Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe explore the insights essential to leading satisfying lives. Encouraging individuals to focus on their own personal intelligence and integrity rather than simply navigating the rules and incentives established by others, Practical Wisdom outlines how to identify and cultivate our own innate wisdom in our daily lives.

Groundbreaking and universal, Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has been one of the most popular motivational books of all time. Now Stephen's son, Sean, has transformed this best-selling message into a life-changing book for teenagers, parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people.

Larry Diamond has made it his life's work to secure democracy's future by understanding its past and by advising dissidents fighting autocracy around the world. Ill Winds' core argument is stark: the defense and advancement of democratic ideals relies on US global leadership. If we do not reclaim our traditional place as the keystone of democracy, today's authoritarian swell could become a tsunami, providing an opening for Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and their admirers to turn the 21st century into a dark time of despotism.

This Very Short Introduction introduces listeners to the dimensions of the Russian economy that are often ignored by the media, or exaggerated and misunderstood. In doing so, it shows how Russia's economy is one of global significance, and helps explain why many of Russia's enduring features, such as the heavy hand of the state and the emphasis on military-industrial production, have persisted despite the immense changes that took place after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.