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Scaling up Spinoff Companies The World Bank GDLN Video Conference June 16 2011 1 The World Bank Europe and Central Asia Region Finance and Private Sector Development Prepared by Paulo Correa and Juan Julio Gutierrez . Russia's Human Devolvement Index (HDI) is 0.778. . Its ranking is 57°. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Russia was worth 2096.78 billion US . dollars. Russia’s . per capita GDP is 14,611.70 . USD. The total population . 2012. Charismatic Legitimacy. . . . President Obama met with Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, second from right, at his residence on Tuesday. President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev at a summit meeting in a Moscow exhibition hall Tuesday. The two seemed to develop an easy familiarity by the end of Mr. Obama’s visit. Conflict in Crimea. Unit 11: Russia and the Post-Soviet Republics. Chapter 5. Geography and Recent History Between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine was one of 15 separate republics that made up the Soviet Union until Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Russia Fast Facts. Ethnic Groups: over 190; 78% Russian. Religion: Russian Orthodox 15-20%; Islam 10-15%. Life Expectancy: 70.47 (US. Government: Federation. Economy: Market based, except energy and defense . (an overview of challenges and issues to be addressed). Michael I. . S A V V A. Deputy Director. Department of Economic Cooperation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Russian Federation. State of play . The EU-Russia energy cooperation is doing well . Physical Geography. Russia…it’s big. Russia’s Land Size. A comparatively small (<145 million[The USSR had 293 m.]) and concentrated population.. Concentrated development.. Multicultural state.. Chapter 9. From Communism to Free Enterprise. Chapter 9. Section 1. Becoming a . Free Market Economy. After the collapse of Communism, Russia moved toward a free market economy. Free Market Economy: People, rather than government, decide what goods and services to produce, how to produce, & who will buy them. Francisci WG.4. Russia: The Facts. Largest . nation. in the world (2x size of U.S.). Russia is larger than . Pluto. 25% of Russia is located . in . Europe. . and 75% is located in . Asia. (Eurasia). The music of Russia is steeped in age-old traditions. . Solo singing is common among herders, string instruments mix with accordions in the folk music of farming communities, and a strong legacy of choral music is found in cities and towns throughout the region.. (1750-1914). AP World History: Chapter 18. Russia During the 19. th. Century. STILL had an absolute monarchy (the tsar). No national parliament. No political parties. No nationwide elections. Russian society = dominated by titled nobility. it . descended from the . domra. , an instrument from the . Caucasus region. of Russia. . There . is also similarity to the . Kazakh . dombra. , which has 2 strings, and the . Mongolian . topshur. .. Christmas in Russia What do you know about Russia? Russia has the same color as the USA flag. The capital of R ussia is Moscow T he Continent of R ussia is Europe and A sia Russia population is 146 million CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA By: KOBE JACKLYN Flag Of Russia The Russian flag is red on bottom , blue in the middle and white on top. It was first made in 1923 http://toptravellists.net/russian-flag-wallpaper.html For thousands of years, Slavs lived in the Dnieper River Region. 850 C.E.. Russia settled by . Scandinavians . (called Rus). People from Norway, Sweden, Finland. Main city is Novgorod, then moved to Kiev.