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[2006-09-07] ANTI-RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGNS
The Soviet Union was the first state to have as an ideological objective the elimination of religion. Toward that end, the Communist regime confiscated church property, ridiculed religion, harassed believers, and propagated atheism in the schools. Actions toward particular religions, however, were determined by State interests, and most organized religions were never outlawed. The main target of the anti-religious campaign in the 1920s and 1930s was the Russian Orthodox Church, which had the largest number of faithful. Nearly all of its clergy, and many of its believers, were shot or sent to [...]
[2006-09-07] Perils fail to deter Thai bride boom
The case of Toby Charnaud, the Briton murdered on the orders of his Thai ex-wife, has highlighted the growing number of British men travelling to Thailand to find wives, often arranged over the internet. The British Embassy in Bangkok is one of the busiest anywhere in the world. More than 660,000 people from Britain came to Thailand last year, and the Embassy finds itself dealing with those who get into trouble. It also deals with those who want to get married - it records around 70 couples a week coming in to get marriage documents processed, nearly all of them older British men marryin [...]
[2006-09-07] Divorce rates fall to five-year low
By Ed Beavan DIVORCE rates have fallen to a five-year low, new figures released by the Office of National Statistics have revealed. The number of people getting divorced in England and Wales went down by eight per cent last year, the lowest level since the year 2000. The figures showed there were 141,750 divorces during the year 2005, down from 153,399 in 2004, which equated to 13 divorcing people per 1,000 married people. The statistics also highlighted that a fifth of people getting divorced in 2005 had already had a previous marriage end in divorce. Sue Burridge, policy adviser for marriage [...]
[2006-09-07] THEATRES IN KIEV
NAME ADDRESS IN DETAILS State Theater of Drama and Comedy Brovarskoy pr., p. 25 517-3669 State Theater êóêîë 40-th October Anniversary pr., 22 p. 265-2353 State Junior Theater "Na Lipkah" str.Lipskaya, 15/17 p. 293-6219 Puppet Show Theater Of Kiev str. Miropolskaya, 1 p. 513-15-00 State Junior Music Theater str. Mezhigorodskaya, 2 p. 416-42-80 State Operetta Theater of Kiev str. Krasnoarmeyskaya, 53/3, p. 227-26-30 Bravo Drama Theater str. Olesya Gontchara, 79 òåë. 216-40-22 Kiev Chamber Theater-studio "Divniy zamok" s [...]
[2006-09-07] NIGHT CLUBS IN KIEV
Name Address Open In details 111 Victory Square, 1 ph. 221-7741 10 a.m. – 4 a.m. 44 Kreshatik , 44, ph. 229-4137 10 a.m. – 2 a.m. 911 Politekhnicheskaya st. 24 hours Al Capone Konstantinovskaya st., 26, ph. 417-6658 Mon, Tue, - closed Big Boy Club Garmatnaya st., 26/2, ph. 435-0613 8 p.m.- 6 a.m. (Mon. closed ) Bingo Victory pr., 112,ph. 444-2555 Mon-Sun9 p.m.-7 a.m. Brasillia Druzhby Narodov st. 5, “Druzhba” hotel,ph. 252-8224 Buddy Guy Kreshatik, 15, ph. 228-5577 Mon – Sun1 p.m. - 00:00 Buffalo Vishnya [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian alphabet & grammar.
Russian words are pronounced the same way they are written. The only problem is that the words are written in russian alphabet, and in this alphabet there are some letters you might've never used and seen before! So here we provide you with the russian alphabet and analogues of the sounds in english: RussianLetter Sounds Like in English Word: Sound and how it is marked Comments father a bomb b vault v go g do d yet e soft yo! yo one sound vision zh one sound zebra z yield i short "yi" i kinky [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian alphabet & grammar.
Russian words are pronounced the same way they are written. The only problem is that the words are written in russian alphabet, and in this alphabet there are some letters you might've never used and seen before! So here we provide you with the russian alphabet and analogues of the sounds in english: RussianLetter Sounds Like in English Word: Sound and how it is marked Comments father a bomb b vault v go g do d yet e soft yo! yo one sound vision zh one sound zebra z yield i short "yi" i kinky [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian phrases - Learn Russian basic phrases & Russian words
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime yes da listen listen no net listen listen hi pri`vet listen listen hello zd`rravstvuite listen listen bye po`ka listen listen goodbye dosvi`daniya listen listen good morning äîáðîå óòðî 'dob [...]
[2006-09-07] Basic Russian Phrases.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime yes da listen listen no net listen listen hi pri`vet listen listen hello zd`rravstvuite listen listen bye po`ka listen listen goodbye dosvi`daniya listen listen good morning äîáðîå óòðî 'dobroye 'ootro listen listen good afternoon äî [...]
[2006-09-07] Moving around, transportation, and time.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Moving Around: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime where gde listen listen here `zdes' listen listen there tam listen listen street `ulitsa listen listen where is Tveskaya street? G`de Tvers`kaya `ulitsa? listen listen far / near dale`ko / b`lizko listen listen left / right [...]
[2006-09-07] Moving around, transportation, and time.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Moving Around: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime where gde listen listen here `zdes' listen listen there tam listen listen street `ulitsa listen listen where is Tveskaya street? G`de Tvers`kaya `ulitsa? listen listen far / near dale`ko / b`lizko listen listen left / right [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian phrase you may need when changing money or checking in a hotel.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Changing money: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime rouble / roubles `rubl' / rub`li listen listen dollars `dollary listen listen currency exchange ob`men va`luty listen listen bank bank listen listen how much s`kol'ko listen listen price tse`na listen listen how much does it [...]
[2006-09-07] Changing money, checking in hotel.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Changing money: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime rouble / roubles `rubl' / rub`li listen listen dollars `dollary listen listen currency exchange ob`men va`luty listen listen bank bank listen listen how much s`kol'ko listen listen price tse`na listen listen how much does it [...]
[2006-09-07] How to count in Russian.
Here's a list of the Russian numbers. Click a link to the right of a number to hear how it should be pronounced.The sounds are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Number Pronounced Hear It! Format: QuickTime WinMedia 1 a'deen listen listen 2 dva listen listen 3 tri listen listen 4 chetyre listen listen 5 pyat' listen listen 6 shest listen listen 7 sem' listen listen 8 vosem' listen listen [...]
[2006-09-07] How to count in Russian.
Here's a list of the Russian numbers. Click a link to the right of a number to hear how it should be pronounced.The sounds are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Number Pronounced Hear It! Format: QuickTime WinMedia 1 a'deen listen listen 2 dva listen listen 3 tri listen listen 4 chetyre listen listen 5 pyat' listen listen 6 shest listen listen 7 sem' listen listen 8 vosem' listen listen [...]
[2006-09-07] Meeting people, getting with someone, rude words in Russian.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: People: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime who kto listen listen I ya listen listen you (many) vy listen listen you (formal) vy he on listen listen she ona listen listen it ono listen listen they oni listen listen we my listen listen a man muzhc [...]
[2006-09-07] Meeting people, getting with someone, rude words in Russian.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: People: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime who kto listen listen I ya listen listen you (many) vy listen listen you (formal) vy he on listen listen she ona listen listen it ono listen listen they oni listen listen we my listen listen a man muzhc [...]
[2006-09-07] Shopping and buying food.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Shopping: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime how much is ... (the bread)? skol'ko s`toit ... (khleb)? listen listen how much does it cost? skol'ko eto stoit? listen listen a shop /a supermarket maga`zin /super`market show me this ïîêàæèòå ìíå ... (ýòî) poka'zhite mne ... eto listen listen t [...]
[2006-09-07] Shopping and buying food.
The Russian phrases can be listened to, and are recorded in two formats: Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Windows Media. Most probably, you have one of the two already installed on your computer, if not, use the links to download: Shopping: english russian pronounced hear it! win media quicktime how much is ... (the bread)? skol'ko s`toit ... (khleb)? listen listen how much does it cost? skol'ko eto stoit? listen listen a shop /a supermarket maga`zin /super`market show me this ïîêàæèòå ìíå ... (ýòî) poka'zhite mne ... eto listen listen t [...]
[2006-09-07] Reading street signs.
Street & Metro Scripts: Currency Exchange Metro Entrance Exit Passage Station Stop Careful Attention Shop Opened Closed Opening Hours Police [...]
[2006-09-07] Reading street signs.
Street & Metro Scripts: Currency Exchange Metro Entrance Exit Passage Station Stop Careful Attention Shop Opened Closed Opening Hours Police [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian Oil Revenues
According to Opec, Russia extracted 9.236 million barrels of oil a day in June, 46,000 more than Saudi Arabia. The statistics also showed that Russian production in the first half of this year increased to 235.8 million tons, a year-on-year improvement of 2.3 per cent.With oil prices hovering above $70 a barrel for London Brent crude because of uncertainty over Iranian supply and BP's pipeline crisis in Alaska, Russia is enjoying an unprecedented bonanza.But analysts say its oil industry is already working close to capacity and that it will be able to manage output increases of up to only 2 pe [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian Political Party Donations
There are 35 political parties in Russia, but almost half of them receive no funding from the state or never submit financial accounts to the authorities. Experts expect that most of these parties will cease to exist before the next election. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has released political parties' financial reports for the second quarter of 2006. As usual, the United Russia party reported the largest sum of donations - 220.5 million rubles. Other "millionaires" include Russian Patriots (53.6 million rubles), Motherland (45.4 million rubles), the Russian Party of Life (35.9 mill [...]
[2006-09-07] Russian Oil Production
The pace of growth in oil production in 2009 will fall to 1.4%, according to a report on the main areas of budget and tax policy in 2007 prepared by the Russian Finance Ministry. According to the document, oil production in 2006 will amount to 482 million tonnes (up 2.6% year-on-year). In 2007 growth in production will start to fall and production will only increase 2.1% to 492 million tonnes, in 2008 - 1.6% (500 million tonnes) and in 2009 - 1.4% to 507 million tonnes. According to Finance Ministry forecasts, oil exports in 2006 will amount to 255 million tonnes (up 1.2%), in 2007 - 264 m [...]
[2006-09-07] Tastes Like Chicken!
Russia is one the the largest importers of US poultry, importing 742,390 tons of broiler chickens in 2005, a nine percent rise over 2004, business daily Kommersant said, citing the US Department of Agriculture. [...]
[2006-09-07] Direct foreign investment in Russia's economy
Direct foreign investment in Russia's economy in January-June almost tripled year-on-year to hit $26 billion, a deputy economics minister said Tuesday. "Direct foreign investment was about $26 billion in the first six months of 2006," Kirill Androsov said, adding that the figure was preliminary and could differ from assessment of the Central Bank and the State Statistics Service. In January-June of 2005, direct foreign investment in the Russian economy stood at $9.3 billion, the Central Bank said. [...]
[2006-09-07] Health Care in Russia
According to a poll conducted by the VTsIOM polling agency, 66 percent of Russians are unhappy with the medical care they receive. The World Health Organization rates Russia 127th among 192 member nations based on the overall health of its population. The overall state of Russia’s public health system is ranked at 130th position in the world, and at 75th based on the amount the government spends on health care per person. [...]
[2006-09-07] Russia's gross domestic product and Industrial Output
Russia's gross domestic product and industrial production grew significantly in the first half of this year, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said Thursday. The ministry said in a report that GDP had grown 6.5% in the reporting period and 6.9% in June. GDP growth was 7.1% in the second quarter of 2006, against 5.5% in the first quarter. Consumer prices increased 6.2% in January-June, while industrial production gained 4.4% during the period and 2.9% in June. The industrial production index in the second quarter was 106%. Fixed capital investment from all financing sources g [...]
[2006-09-07] Income and Wages in Russia
Russians' real disposable incomes up 11.1% on year in Jan-Jun MOSCOW, July 21 (Prime-Tass) -- The real disposable incomes of Russian citizens rose 11.1% on the year in January-June, the Federal State Statistics Service said Friday. Real disposable income excludes taxes and other mandatory payments and its performance is adjusted for inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). Russians’ average income per capita rose 25.6% on the year to 10,975 rubles in June, the service said. Total wage arrears in Russia fell 5.5% in the month to 5.435 billion rubles as of July 1, the service [...]
[2006-09-07] Prices Paid for Natural Gas in Russia
Belarus -- $47Ukraine -- $95Lithuania -- $105Armenia -- $110Azerbaijan -- $110Georgia -- $110Moldova -- $110Latvia -- $120Estonia -- $120Western Europe -- approximately $230Source: Gazprom [...]
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