Russian Politics

Alexandra Kollontai was a key leader of the Russian Socialist movement, the only woman in the early Soviet government, and one of the most famous women in Russian history. She worked tirelessly all her life as a speaker, writer, and organizer for women's emancipation. This compelling biography recounts her life for an emerging generation of fighters for women's liberation.

Lured back to his boyhood Montana home, Kade's trip down memory lane isn't all fresh asphalt and sunny skies. Someone's been busy around Fort Black. The Storm Z is rallying—the international mercenary group known for their Russian ties is now a rogue element with access to compromised nuclear codes. All signs indicate an imminent launch. Then there are the shadowy criminal links to a secretive cabal. Mob ties. Cartel funding.

Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms provides the first comprehensive account of what was once hailed by a leading American newspaper as the greatest spy story of World War II. This dramatic yet little-known saga, replete with telephone taps, kidnappings, and police surveillance, centres on the furtive escapades of Tyler Kent, a handsome, womanising 28-year-old Ivy League graduate who doubles as a US Embassy code clerk and Soviet agent.

This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his friends from the KGB, he has enriched his business friends from Saint Petersburg with preferential government deals. Thus, Putin has created a super wealthy and loyal plutocracy that owes its existence to authoritarianism.

В этот сборник вошли все дошедшие до наших дней произведения, вышедшие из-под пера Марка Аврелия Антонина. Это хрестоматийные "Наедине с собой. Размышления", три произнесенные им речи, отдельные изречения императора-философа и описания ярких эпизодов его жизни а также эдикт об отношении к христианам. Творчество императора, исповедовавшего стоицизм, привлекает современных читателей гуманистическими взглядами, мудрыми рассуждениями и на удивление актуальными моральными рекомендациями. 1. Наедине с собой. Размышления. 2. Речи Марка Аврелия.

"Zhizn' zamechatel'nyh ljudej" - serija biograficheskih i hudozhestvenno-biograficheskih knig, vypuskavshihsja v 1890-1924 godah izdatel'stvom F.F.Pavlenkova, pervoe v Rossii universal'noe sobranie biografij vydajushhihsja: artistov, muzykantov, hudozhnikov, pisatelej, polkovodcev i politicheskih dejatelej, uchenyh i filosofov raznyh jepoh i stran, napisannyh po istoricheskim i literaturnym istochnikam. Rekomendovano dlja shirokoj chitatel'skoj auditorii.

This is a very timely study of Russia's development into a global energy power from the Russian Revolution to the present day. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, Russia emerged not only as a key producer but also as one of the world's leading exporters of oil. Russia's transformation into a modern global power was connected to its ability to make use of its vast natural resources and produce energy in increasing quantities.

In this essential and timely book, behavioral scientists Sanders and Hume demonstrate the astonishing reach of our social networks, and why we need to reclaim their power to effect positive change in our professional and private lives. The rise of social media has sent our social instincts into overdrive, and the impact of our networks has never been greater. But what if we could reclaim the positive power that influences our decisions, to behave better and be happier?

Марк Аврелий - римский император и стоик, чье правление пришлось на «золотой век Римской империи», а его самого называли философом на троне. "Наедине с собой - собрание мыслей Марка Аврелия, созданное в конце II века н.э. Эти записи содержат рассуждения римского императора о духе, долге и совести, а также отражает его упорное стремление не только руководствоваться в своем мироощущении идеями стоицизма, но и развивать его для будущих поколений.

In this 1876 "Mission Impossible" tale of intrigue set in Russia, a traitor has inspired the fierce Feofar Khan to invade Siberia and foment a rebellion. A sinister plot to assassinate the Czar's brother, the Grand Duke, is discovered but all telegraph lines have been cut.

Перед смертью он успевает оставить загадочные и сбивающие с толку сообщения, в которых просит дочь не доверять никому, особенно его коллегам и даже друзьям. Они снова встречаются после гибели в автокатастрофе ее отца — агента ФБР. Кроме того, она явно в опасности — ее преследуют и даже пытаются убить. И вот тут-то на помощь приходит Деймон, лучший ученик ее отца и мужчина ее мечты.

Volume 1 from the five-volume Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election. This document focuses on Russian efforts to attack US election infrastructure and explains security concerns with various US voting machines, the ability for DHS to provide support to the states, and scenarios for potential disruption to future elections. To help with the listening experience, it provides a description of the amount of redacted material within the document.

After China launches its attack on Taiwan, America will respond. But how far will the US go to keep Taiwan out of Beijing’s control? Russia wants to make money selling equipment, weapons, and fuel to the Chinese war machine. But, if China wins in Taiwan, will it stop there? Or will it begin to eye the over 4,000 kilometer long border it shares with Russia? If nuclear war does break out between the US and China, will Russia be able to stay on the sidelines? This time, even Russia’s most capable agents might not be able to save their country from disaster.

China’s President faces many problems. Some, like conflict at the Indian border and in the South China Sea he created for himself. Others, like pending disasters at the Three Gorges Dam and China’s oldest nuclear plant, just happened. But the biggest threat to Communist rule is revolutionaries with Internet access through American satellites. Access that lets them spread propaganda, organize free of government surveillance, and launch cyberattacks. Four deniable Russian agents will travel to America to stop that threat.

Koktajle Molotowa, porwania, podpalenia, ostrzal z karabinów maszynowych... Sluzby milicji w Sankt Petersburgu nie maja lekko. Kamil Stochard z ABW, przybywajacy kapitanowi Sukoninowi z odsiecza, próbuje nie tylko rozwiklac kryminalne zagadki. Okazuje sie, ze przeciwko sobie maja nie tylko najwyzej postawione osoby z wladz swieckich i duchownych, ale takze guimony - magiczny pomiot Cthulu. Czym zaowocuje spotkanie z carem przestepczego podziemia - Niebieskim Krukiem? Co rosyjska policja ma za uszami? Porywajaca, wartka akcja dla milosników kryminalu i science fiction!

The first part of contemporary Russian Banking History, covering last 25 years. The collapse of the Soviet Union: from crisis at the end of the 80s to the dashing 90s in the mirror of the history of commercial banks in Russia.

Russian President Petrov is determined to restore his country’s dominance on the world stage at any price. In order to develop deadlier nuclear weapons, he recruits Ilana Rabinovich, a beautiful but lethal scientist, to infiltrate the Mossad and steal their research. What no one expects is for the Israelis to then assign her an even more dangerous mission of their own: to penetrate the US nuclear facilities in the deserts of Los Alamos. If the information falls into the wrong hands the results could be devastating.

Nick, Selena and the team are caught up in a devious plot that takes the world to the brink of nuclear war. Who is funding Moscow's militaristic adventures and why? Can the team find a way to stop a confrontation between Russia and the United States before it starts? The stakes for Nick, Selena, Elizabeth Harker and the world have never been higher. If they fail, civilization will be destroyed.

If China uses enough firepower to overwhelm Taiwan’s defenses, will what is left be worth having? China’s leader has now decided the answer is - yes. But Taiwan will only be the beginning. Once its absorption is complete, China has other ambitions. Like the return of about one million square kilometers seized from China by Russia in the 1860s.

Radiospektakl' "Smuglaja ledi sonetov" po odnoimennoj p'ese Bernarda Shou,irlandskogo dramaturga, pisatelja, romanista, laureata Nobelevskoj premii v oblasti literatury. Izyskannaja, ostroumnaja istoricheskaja komedija, raskryvajushhaja tajnu zagadochnoj krasavicy, kotoroj Shekspir posvjashhal svoi legendarnye stihi. Rech' idet o samom legendarnom pojete i dramaturge - o Uil'jame Shekspire. Kakim byl v zhizni jetot genial'nyj chelovek?