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Russia Company
A Dictionary of British History
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Russia Company The pioneers of a North‐East Passage to Russia were rewarded by the English government in 1555 with a trading charter with exclusive rights. The tsar also granted them special privileges. The charter was confirmed by an Act of 1566. Fur and timber were imported, cloth exported.
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Russia Will Realize WTO Dreams by '04.
Newspaper article from: Kiplinger Business Forecasts; 1/8/2002; 700+ words
; Byline:Peter Goldstein Russia's political support for key U.S...backing from the U.S., look for Russia to gain access to the World Trade Organization...04 at the latest. In the meantime, Russia will adopt market-opening measures...
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Russia & FSU News Bulletin (Daily News Briefs: JUN 03, 2003).
Newspaper article from: Russia & FSU General News; 6/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...authority for resisting terrorism. "Russia is determined to participate very actively...Cooperation Organization zone," Putin said. RUSSIA READY TO BE FRIENDS WITH U.S. - PUTIN...Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to further develop relations...
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Russia & FSU News Bulletin (Daily News Briefs: OCT 10, 2003).
Newspaper article from: Russia & FSU General News; 10/10/2003; 700+ words
; RUSSIA IS NOT PLANNING FIRST NUCLEAR STRIKE - DEFENSE...SPRINGS (USA). Oct 10 (Interfax) - Russia does not intend to be the first to deliver...Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has said. "Russia is not considering in any scenario or option...
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Russia's new October.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...said. The man who gave birth to Soviet Russia believed that strength is first and foremost...actually occurred on Nov. 7, 1917 - Russia's strategy echoes Lenin's advice. Right now, world attention is focused on Russia's stunning parliamentary election...
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Russia's big step.(A)(Commentary)(Op-Ed)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...September 11, most of the old red lines Russia had drawn with regard to United States...erased, some of them quite dramatically. Russia's former determined opposition to the...Missile treaty. Also, Mr. Putin's Russia made it easy for the governments of Central...
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Russia & FSU News Bulletin (Daily News Briefs: MAY 15, 2002).
Newspaper article from: Russia & FSU General News; 5/15/2002; 700+ words
; RUSSIA, NATO AGREE TO ESTABLISH COUNCIL OF 20 REYKJAVIK. May 15 (Interfax) - Russia and NATO sealed an agreement to establish a new...Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that the Russia-NATO council is an organization in which Russia...
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Interfax Russia & CIS Food and Agriculture Weekly.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Food and Agriculture Weekly; 11/25/2009; 700+ words
; IN BRIEF Editor's choice *** Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO...a new partnership and cooperation agreement between Russia and the European Union, Russia's permanent envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said...
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Russia Nuclear Power Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015.
Business Wire; 2/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...report is available in its catalogue. Russia Nuclear Power Market Analysis and Forecasts...www.reportlinker.com/p0102252/Russia-Nuclear-Power-Market-Analysis-and-Forecasts-to-2015.html Russia Nuclear Power Market Analysis and Forecasts...
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Russia: Doing Business With The Bear.
Magazine article from: Via Satellite; 12/1/2003; 700+ words
; By James Careless Back in the 1980s, Russia was the next big opportunity for Western...country and the first nation in space, Russia's satellite infrastructure is extremely...2,500 VSAT earth stations in all of Russia," says Arie Rozichner, Gilat Satellite...
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Russia Names 27 Players for World Cup Warmup Matches
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/15/2002; 464 words
; ...official roster will be announced May 21. Russia takes on Belarus and Ukraine plays Yugoslavia...winners meeting for the LG Cup on Sunday. Russia faces Japan, Belgium and Tunisia in the first round of the World Cup finals. Russia's World Cup opener will be on June 5against...
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Russia
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies
RUSSIA Russian Federation Rossiyskaya Federatsiya...LOCATION AND SIZE. In terms of territory, Russia is the world's largest country. With...kilometers (6,592,735 square miles), Russia covers about one-eighth of the world...
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Russia Company
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
RUSSIA COMPANY In the early modern period, different...membership, directors, and regulations. The Russia Company (also known as the Muscovy Company...its discovery of a viable water route to Russia (the White Sea or Archangel route) and...
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Democratic Russia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA The movement Democratic Russia (DR) is a relic of the end of the Soviet epoch, when opposition...opposition. Its predecessor was the bloc of candidates "Democratic Russia" in the March 1990 elections for people's deputies to the...
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Elizabeth (Russia) (1709–1762; Ruled 1741–1762)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
ELIZABETH (RUSSIA) (1709 – 1762; ruled 1741 – 1762) ELIZABETH (RUSSIA) (1709 – 1762; ruled 1741 – 1762), empress of Russia. Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great and his second wife...
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Russia, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
RUSSIA, RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, RELATIONS WITH. During the Revolutionary War, American leaders...with as many nations as possible, and Congress hoped that tsarist Russia might be willing to not only recognize the new nation diplomatically...
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