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Russia’s Dwindling Middle Classes No Catalyst for Shift in Kremlin Foreign Policy April 22, 2021 Jake Cordell After years of rapid expansion during President Vladimir Putin’s first stint as president, Russia's middle class has dwindled in the years since his return to office in 2012. Confrontation with the west after the annexation of Crimea, the resulting sanctions and the Kremlin’s focus on macroeconomic stability at the expense of prosperity have entrenched a stagnation which has hit middle-earners hard. By one count, Russia’s middle class shrunk 20 percent during the economic cris...

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan--Who? February 6 is the 131st birth anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan also popularly known as Frontier Gandhi and Badshah Khan. He was a prominent Indian freedom fighter, a die-hard opponent of the two-nation theory and the idea of Pakistan. He was totally committed to Gandhi's idea of non-violence, enjoyed the same stature in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), also known as Frontier, as Gandhi had in India. He opposed with full conviction the inclusion of NWFP in Pakistan but failed. After formation of Pakistan he, his followers and fam...

Sheremetyevo Is Number Five among Russian Companies for Investment Efficiency News provided by Share this article Share this article MOSCOW, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheremetyevo International Airport was ranked number five among Russian public companies for the efficiency of its investments, according to a new study of Russian companies conducted by the rating agency National Credit Ratings (NKR) and the Agency for Social Analysis and Forecasting. NKR and the Agency for Social Analysis and Forecasting rated 80 Russian public companies on the basis of quantitative indicators drawn from 2...

Updated / Thursday, 11 Feb 2021 14:19 "No word covers a wider range of feelings and experiences than love" Analysis: timely news for Valentine's Day as research into 50 languages shows that there are at least 14 distinct kinds of love No emotion, surely, is as cherished and sought after as love. Yet on occasions such as Valentine’s day, we can often be misled into thinking that it consists solely in the swooning, star-crossed romance of falling deeply "in love". But on reflection, love is far more complex. Indeed, arguably no word covers a wider range of feelings and experiences than love....

another 8 inches of rain today. tropical storm debby is forcing more evacuations, rescues and road closures. just last hour, officials in pasco county, florida, ordered the evacuation of 2,000 homes because of a fast rising river. 38 people were rescued from their homes overnight. >> i was kind of panicking because the water came up over the wall where i live. if you're looking to sell your home, you may get a little more for it than just a few months ago. home prices, they have now risen for the first time in seven months. they were up about 1.3%. some cities did better than other...