This is beneficial, first of all, for Russians because they can sell their natural resource.
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But a decent economy and stable unemployment is not enough for Russians this election season.
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For Russians who have had it up to their eyeballs with United Russia, the fix was in.
From tsarist times, living in Moscow has been a privilege rather than a right, even for Russians.
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And for Russians, for example, the biggest issue involving both branches of the U.S. government is the WTO.
Its clear, though, that he thinks this is something for Russians to sort out, without lectures from the outside world.
Central European countries are toughening visa regimes and customs services, making it harder for Russians to go and do business there.
This might seem a matter primarily for Russians to fret over, but it also troubles neighbours that have too often suffered from Russian attention.
In short: business as usual, and every reason for Russians to disbelieve anything the West tells them about the need to run their country properly.
Alcohol for Russians, basically, is described as a perfectly inelastic market.
In 2001-2003, she was UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Administration, before being appointed First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, responsible for Russians abroad and cultural action.
Cyprus had become the main conduit for Russians doing business overseas over the past two decades because of its lower corporate-tax rate and the stronger legal protections offered by a European Union country.
However, those countries were never major destinations for Russians to begin with, and the massive declines in movement to places such as the United States and Germany more than compensate for any increase.
The Parliament of Russian moved on the ban just weeks after the U.S. Congress voted on a law that made it more difficult for Russians accused of human rights violations from hiding money or traveling to the United States.
These days there is a gold-standard tick-list: a house behind a gate (Belgravia for Italians, Chelsea for Russians), a Gerhard Richter for the wall, the kids in one of a handful of schools, the right portfolio of charities, a place in the country not too far from London.
It is much disliked by Russians for its economic success and strongly anti-Soviet take on history, and for encouraging local Russians stranded by the Soviet collapse to learn Estonian and apply for citizenship.
It is ultimately for the Russians to improve (or one day replace) their rulers.
It has provided political cover for the Russians by allowing Putin et.al. to claim moral equivalence.
Beyond the An-225 Cossack, the results for the Russians included the KM Caspian Sea Monster or Ekranoplan.
Obtaining visas is a big hurdle for many Russians doing business in Europe.
It is also bad news for ordinary Russians, who will not see as much oil wealth as they otherwise might.
And the worrying thing, for both Russians and the rest of the world, is that this attempt has largely failed.
It'll be a destination for wealthy Russians who, as of Wednesday, had been deprived of their glitzy casino nights in Moscow.
There were no kind words for his opponents, no promises to be a president for all Russians, no offers of compromise.
The introduction of the new luxury tax would most likely reduce the attractiveness of real estate as an investment for rich Russians.
As for the Russians, their 1-0 quarter-final win over the Czechs was another stale and tepid affair, like the 1998 final in Nagano.
The discussion about political process for the Russians is not just to focus on this one event, whether Assad goes and when he goes.
Goals in the second half of added time from substitute Dmitri Torbinski and the magical Andrei Arshavin capped a triumphant night for the Russians.
With the economy declining and social discontent rising, a stand-off with the West might be tempting for Mr Putin's cabal but ruinous for most Russians.
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