Most free countries have such laws, but in Russia the authorities have enormous discretion over what counts as an emergency.
Probably for English there is no difference, but in Russia there is.
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But in Russia, pleading to despots generally earns the problems no such attention as one can easily see when he enters the chamber of horrors known as the Russian Health Care system.
And the Russians said, well all right, if the Iranians want to possess the whole, what's called the nuclear fuel cycle, that is, to have a guaranteed stream of nuclear fuel for power plants, which involves enriching uranium, we'll do it in conjunction with Iran, but in Russia.
The issue has political implications not only in Asia, but also in Russia and Europe.
President Putin and top security officials say Russia had no meaningful information on him, but officials in Russia's Dagestan region say he was tracked closely.
This didn't get much play in the U.S., but in March Russia announced that it was entering into what is in effect a strategic alliance with Iran.
Part-time volunteers, who in the West are often middle-class people who want to help out in their spare time and are often the mainstay of charities, are all but unknown in Russia.
The opposition chief said the group was open to talks, but not in Russia.
But officials in Russia have given contradictory information about what they knew about the activities of alleged bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who spent six months last year in Russia.
But talks in Russia appear to have ended with no agreement, and the latest plans involve dividing up the second-largest of Cyprus's stricken banks - Cyprus Popular Bank (also known as Laiki Bank) - into a "good" and a "bad" bank.
But some in the government evidently understand that these measures will not suffice because this week, sensible new rules that will make it easier for foreigners to work legally in Russia everywhere but in markets were also introduced.
The obstacle to Ukraine's integration with the EU lies not in its rapprochement with Russia but in its domestic politics, its weak institutions and the dire state of the economy.
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In Russia's case it's based on hundred dollar-a-barrel, or hundred thirty dollar-a-barrel oil, which has produced enormous growth in Russia but not a corresponding growth in political freedom.
U.S. officials have advocated a political transition in Syria, but Russia opposes foreign intervention in the violence-torn nation.
Cloherty and other intrepid VCs say that they are learning from their mistakes, but venture investing in Russia still looks like a trek through Siberia without a map.
The key idea was just to bring in those big players who have not invested yet, but want to be in Russia.
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You can bet that cheating will take place in the future in Russia, but it will probably occur in the countless places where we are not allowed to conduct inspections.
The implementation of the new system - codified as "Protocol 14" - had been blocked for some years by Russia in protest at what it considered to be the court's "political" rulings relating to the conduct of the Russian military in Chechnya, but Russia's objections were finally overcome in January 2010.
Prosecutors in London want Russia to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, suspected in the killing, but Russia has repeatedly refused to do so.
Russian officials insist that Russia is democratic but that democracy looks different in Russia than it does in the West.
Mr Nekrassov added Mr Gorbuntsov was "one of the big bankers" in Russia but over the past few years he "did sort of drift away from banking and was selling his interests in Russia".
Not only will it provide greater opportunities for U.S. businesses in Russia, but it also will create a even stronger incentive for Russia to proceed down a course of reforms that will be good for the Russian people, but will also integrate them with the world economy.
If a participant is based in France, but completes a module in China, Russia or Qatar, he or she will be able to build a network of peers around the world.
He actually sold his cars in Russia, but their documentation showed them as having been exported then imported back into Russia.
But in the case of Russia, I think we should also appeal to their own interest.
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