Chapter 34: The End of an Era.
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Russia Insight:
Russia Announces New Immigration and Scholarship Scheme.
October 22nd, 2006
The Russian government has announced a new immigration scheme. Despite the loosening of the former rigid Soviet immigration policy, Russia’s immigration policy has always been more rigid and inflexible in comparison to the other first world democracies. Nonetheless, the State Duma of the Russian Czardom has passed a new legislation which totally flips the Russian Immigration policy.
According to the New Immigration Act, it is still a rigid act in comparison to the US, or the rest of Europe, however is much more loose and liberal in comparison to before. According to the Act, the Russian Diaspora throughout the world would be given first priority to return back to Russia on immigration. The Russian ethnic minorities of Bashkirs, Tuvans, Chechens, Dagestanis, etc and their diasporas would also be given priority during immigration. Other than this, Anyone, who has worked and lived Russia for 5 years, and has developed a fluency in the Russian language can become a citizen, provided that he or she has not committed a crime. Almost anyone who is hired by a Russian firm and has a legal work permit and work visa can stay in the country and work indefinitely. However despite this semi-liberal policy, the Russian immigration system is now giving points for potential immigrants on the basis of education, and higher education as well, and is therefore targeting professional manpower. The Russian government has stated that this is deliberate, and with the government turning more and more technocratic, it is believed that the immigration policy will continue to become a weird mix of conservative and liberal, according to one American political observer.
Moscow State University.
The Russian government has also unveiled a scholarship scheme. In the past decade, under the steady political leadership of Grigory Yavlinsky, the educational institutions of Russia have flourished. The Moscow Institute of Economics, and the St. Petersburg University of Science, the Kazan University of Technology all have cropped up into the international imagination, and more scholarship schemes have been distributed. However, despite this, no particular scholarship policy was in place. Along with the immigration policy, the New Scholarship Scheme was passed through the Russian State Duma, which calls for increased scholarships into Russian schools and educational institutes as well. The Vietnamese Government, Nepalese Government, Chinese Government, Finnish Government, German Government have all expressed their desires to sign an international scholarship deal with Russia, and this New Scholarship Act also permits the scholarship deals to be passed during international arbitration and international dealings. The Russian government has stated that these two new acts will provide Russia with much more soft capability in the future.
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www.economicforum.com.
Russia Announces New Loans Scheme
October 30th, 2006
The Russian government has released a new information into the international community stating that they have unveiled a new economic package for struggling economies in the world, like countries like Laos, Nepal, African nations, Sri Lanka, etc with a loaning scheme. A maximum loan of $5 billion could be purchased from the Russian government for an interest rate of 1.2 percent per annum. This was a great deal for many nations, as the normal interest rate in the global economy was 1.6% per annum, and reducing their cost effectiveness by 0.4%, while does not look great on paper, in practice, makes a huge difference. The governments of Sri Lanka, Laos, Chad, Eritrea, and East Timor have already filed the Russian government for some loans to be purchased. The Russian government’s motive behind this economic deal, is perhaps to gain a faster rate of foreign reserve incomes, as it is perhaps the only area of the Russian economy which hasn’t experienced a massive boom in the past few years. Nonetheless, with this deal out in the international market, it is very probable, that the Russian government will be able to garner more foreign currency reserves. The Russian government has also released a statement that their reserves will be kept in Rubles, Pounds and Euros, and not in dollars. Economists believe that this may stagnate trading growth between the United States of America, and the Russian government, however with the Republicans winning back the House this year, many have pointed fingers at Russia stating this would hurt the economic parity that America had enjoyed for several years. Nonetheless, this economic move has been met with partial success, as the CSTO has stated their own intention of following up Russia on their reserves denotations.
Eurasian Ruble.
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www.Libyangovernment.lib
The Elections Results.
November 5th,
Dear citizens, as is known to all of you, the first democratic elections took place this year, around a week ago for the Libyan peoples to participate in for the first time in history. This election has been supervised by supervisors from the Eurasian Union State and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Our elections are according to them, not on par with the rest of the world, especially Europe and North America, however they have stated that they have noted a huge increase in improvement of democratic standards in this election. We hope that we can maintain this increase in democratic standards in Libya, and thus here are the results of the 1st Libyan General Elections held last week.
This is the party led by Saif Al-Islam Gadaffi, and his views in the party can be collaborated as Center-Right, Libyan Nationalistic, Slight Populism, pro-free trade.
Seats Gained in the People’s General Assembly (dark green): 159 seats
Seats Gained in the National Assembly (dark green): 64 seats
- Justice and Construction Party
This party is headed by Mohamed Sowan, and this party is essential social democratic in nature, and stands on the centre left of the political spectrum, and are economically protectionists.
Seats gained in the People’s General Assembly (yellow): 51 seats
Seats gained in the National Assembly (yellow): 21 seats
This is the party headed by Mohamed Ali Abdallah, and is essentially the liberalists and progressives of Libya. They are pro-western in their views.
Seats gained in the People’s General Assembly (purple): 36 seats
Seats gained in the Nation Assembly (purple): 21 seats
The independents have won 54 seats in the People’s General Assembly and 21 seats in the National Assembly.
Libyan People’s General Assembly.
Libyan National Assembly.
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Russian Political Forum!
Podberezkin and Zhirinovsky announce union of their political parties to form a ‘united center right party for russia’. Zhirinovsky becomes Chief of Party with Podberezkin as second in command. Party’s name is Russian National Party!
November 8th, 2006.
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www.russiagovernment.rus
Russian General Elections Are Over!
November 15th, 2006
The Russian General Legislative Elections held two days ago have ended, and their votes have been tabulated by the government. With the full democratic laws and conventions being held, the following are the results of the elections.
A social democratic party, it stands on the center-left side of the political spectrum. It is led by incumbent Chancellor Grigory Yavlinsky, and has been credited with a decade’s worth of economic and social progress.
Seats gained in the Russian State Duma (yellow): 202 seats
Seats gained in the Russian Federal Assembly (yellow): 84 seats
Popular votes: 32.35 million votes
This party is led by Boris Nemtsov and is a center-right party in the political spectrum. It is an ardent monarchist party, and economically encourages technocracy for future development.
Seats gained in the Russian State Duma (purple): 158 seats
Seats gained in the Russian Federal Assembly (purple): 66 seats
Popular votes: 25.34 million votes
This party is led Zhirinovsky, and whilst they have had their alliances with the ruling government, is a more right wing party with populism as its tenets.
Seats gained in the Russian State Duma (blue): 112 seats
Seats gained in the Russian Federal Assembly (blue): 47 seats
Popular votes: 18.04 million votes
- Communist Party of Russia
The once powerful Communist Party of Russia has declined in popularity and led by Melnikov, some who believe is incompetent, is a party that is on the left side of the political spectrum.
Seats gained in the Russian State Duma (red): 67 seats
Seats gained in the Russian Federal Assembly (red): 28 seats
Popular votes: 10.75 million votes
The Green Party of Russia led by Alexey Lushikov is a center left party which advocates for green politics and green economics. Their popularity is rising, and they have managed to become the only green party to gain the highest proportion of seats in any parliament in the world.
Seats gained in Russian State Duma (green): 40 seats
Seats gained in Russian Federal Assembly (green): 17 seats
Popular votes: 6.52 million votes
- Eurasian Unionist Party of Russia
Led by Alexander Lebed, a popular military man, this party advocates for a centralized union in the Eurasian Union State. It practices syncretic ideologies but is mostly recognized as a Centrist Party in the political spectrum.
Seats gained in the Russian State Duma (violet): 18 seats
Seats gained in Russian Federal Assembly (violet): 7 seats
Popular votes: 2.97 million votes
Independents have won 3 seats in the Russian State Duma and 1 seat in the Federal Assembly.
Russian State Duma.
Russian Federal Assembly.
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www.militarynews.com
Russia announces that the Black Eagle MBT is open for exports.
November 25th, 2006
The Russian government has announced that the Black Eagle Main Battle Tank, which has been heralded as a new generation tank will be open for exports, with its new export model for any country willing to buy it. As the Russian Armed Forces brings it’s 400th Black Eagle into active service this year, the exports of the Black Eagle shall be open mainly to the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization members and the Eurasian Union State Members. The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Libya, the Republic of Mongolia, the Republic of Ukraine have all already put in orders of varying degrees to buy the export version of the Black Eagle tank. The Chinese government, and the Yugoslavian government alongside the Finnish government have also stated their willingness to look into the export version of the tank. Each unit of the tank costs around USD 3.15 million dollars according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, and ‘preferred’ countries would be the ones receiving this tank. Some governments like that of Brazil and Indonesia have also expressed their willingness to buy the tank as they have sent supervisors to Russia to look into the tank. The South Korean Government has also proposed a technology transfer with Russia regarding their tank designs, which the Russian government has stated they will look into.
Black Eagle MBT.
The current orders for the export version of the Black Eagle Tank are 100 for Iran, 75 for Libya, 50 for Ukraine, and 20 for Mongolia. The Chinese government has stated a willingness to buy 250 units of the tank, and the Kazakh government is current thinking about buying 100 units. The Yugoslav government is allegedly thinking about buying 150 units.
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www.USARC.com.
USARC launches new satellite into Space!
December 1st, 2006
The USARC commission is happy to announce that the commission under the funding of the Russian government has recently launched a new satellite into space. This in coordination with the entire Eurasian Union State’s Green Efforts will be conducting environmental surveys and will provide the Eurasian Union State with a constant source of data regarding areas in which they will have to increase their efforts, and will provide a proper device which will aid the Eurasian Union State’s governments in increasing their progress in their New Green Deals.
Satellite.
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www.bbc.com
SOUTH OSSETIA VOTES TO JOIN RUSSIA
December 8th, 2006
The South Ossetian people have spoken! Three days before today, the results of the South Ossetian Referendum was released to the public. The Collective Security Treaty Organization and countries such as Greece, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria sent observers to observe the referendum. Out of an electorate of 81,000, around 76,000 people showed up to vote. Among them, the votes of the referendum were:-
- Do you support the annexation of South Ossetia into the Czardom of Russia: 64.7%
- Do you not support the annexation of South Ossetia into the Czardom of Russia: 31.3%
- Invalid votes: 4%
The Russian government and the South Ossetian government signed the Instrument of Annexation in Grozny this morning, and as of this moment, the Republic of South Ossetia has ceased to exist, and is a part of the Czardom of Russia as an autonomous Kingdom. The Kingdom of North Ossetia and the Kingdom of South Ossetia have been merged to form the Kingdom of Alania as an autonomous kingdom within the Czardom of Russia.
The Georgian government has supported the annexation with the government stating that the referendum was fully democratic, and that they shall support it. The Russian government has already secured all Georgian assets in South Ossetia which has been returned dutifully.
Many in the west, mainly from the former Warsaw Pact, and from France and from the United States of America have condemned the annexation. The foreign minister of Poland Anna Fotyga has denounced the annexation.
Anna Fotyga.
“This annexation is just the third move. Russia annexed Belarus. Then Crimea. Now South Ossetia. Ukraine is next. Then the Baltics.” She said in a private meeting with a few reporters yesterday. The governments of Russia, Ukraine and Estonia have all filed complaints to the Polish government denouncing her statements, and the Russian government has angrily stated that such denigrating statements could be ‘very dangerous’ for Poland. The Polish government has officially made an apology for the statement today morning.
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Paris Tribune:
The website Corsicanatioanlism.com has been banned by the government for ‘anti-french’ activities.
December 15th, 2006
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African News:
Russia and Somalia sign deal allowing for intervention.
December 30th, 2006
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has signed a deal with the Russian government. The Russian government has signed a deal with the Somalian government in which the Russian government has agreed to send the 101st Armored Brigade, and the 45th Motorized Division to Somalia along with a naval escort and 50 warplanes into Somalia. The Russian government and Somalian government had been talks with one another for 3 years, and it has culminated into this. The Somalian government has stated that they have called in Russian troops on their behest to put an end to the ‘Somali Crisis’ once and for all. This move has been supported by the Djibouti and Eritrean government, with both stating that this would put an end to the instability in the area once and for all. The Ethiopian government has stated that they would find it honoring to fight alongside Russian troops with their own intervention in Somalia. The Russian government has stated that the Russian troops placed in Somalia will eradicate all ‘islamic radicals’ and put an end to Somali piracy through the navy. The new Peter the Great Russian Battlecruiser will be taking part in the anti-piracy role, and the government is sending the 6th Black Sea Flotilla into the Red Sea to take part in the anti-piracy activities.
The Peter the Great Russian Battlecruiser. looks small in picture, but is a beast of a size in reality.
Many political observers fear that Somalia may have also fallen into the Russian sphere of influence.
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End of 2006 Russian Data:-
Population: 155,000,000
GDP (nominal): 2.08 Trillion Dollars
GDP per capita: $13,500 dollars
Inflation: 6.3%
Reserves: $124 Billion Dollars
Debt: 13% of GDP
Pension: RUB 12,000
Average Wage: RUB 22,000.
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