The tax was introduced to the Russian parliament by a group of lawmakers from the Fair Russia party last year.
Nonetheless, Cloherty has seen her fair share of Russia's sometimes unique approach to capitalism since she was appointed a director of the fund by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
Cloherty, an energetic go-getter who's a former Peace Corps volunteer, has seen her fair share of Russia's sometimes unique approach to capitalism since she was appointed a director of the fund by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
There is a fair amount of industry left in Russia that has prospects of competing on global markets, if given a chance (see article).
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On paper, at least, Russia's election law looks extremely fair.
Even in the mid-1980s, few pundits expected the entire edifice to tumble down, and fewer still predicted that, a decade on, Russia would be holding regular and reasonably fair elections, amid a cacophony of self-expression from media and politicians alike.
These are not things that China (or Russia, which also plans to build a fair few plants) has yet shown it can provide.
Though Ms Wullschlager is fair and never sneering about his painting after he left Russia for ever in 1922, she is firm that his art was never as good again.
As a result, even if widespread vote fraud (which those like Jimmy Carter will nonetheless indubitably call "substantially free and fair elections") does not produce grave domestic instability in Russia, it will almost certainly accelerate the Kremlin's reversion to malevolent type internationally.
This would be a good time for foreign pro-democracy advocates in Russia to note that fostering a culture of free and fair elections is not the same as getting rid of Putin.
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In her speech to a trade fair in the city of Hanover, Mrs Merkel said Germany wanted to help Russia diversify its economy and innovate.
Still, the findings are consistent across all questions and across all countries (even in Russia, where backing for democracy is low, half the middle class supports fair elections, compared with barely a third of the poor).
Prime Minister MIKHAIL FRADKOV (Russia): (Through translator) We're trying to create a fair playing field for business in this country, but that's not always accepted by those who wish to have certain advantages and privileges.
That's unfortunate, because what went down in that courtroom should send shivers down the spine of anyone worried about the state of criminal justice in Russia today--or, for that matter, in any society that believes a fair trial can be conducted in secrecy.
Mr Bush has insisted that the talks must also include China, Russia, Japan and South Korea on the grounds that any deal struck would only have a fair chance of sticking if the North's neighbours were involved.
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