THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
WHITHER RUSSIA?:
WHITHER RUSSIA? 2005 GROWTH RATE (5.9 OR 6.4 PERCENT)
EXPORTS (OIL, NATURAL GAS, METAL, TIMBER, ARMS)
RUSSIA’S GDP (PERCHASING POWER PARITY)
$ 1.5 TRILLION
RUSSIA’S GDP (ONE TENTH OF AMERICA’S GDP)
INFLATION (10.8-10.9 PERCENT)
RUSSIAN RUBLES PER US DOLLAR 9.7051 (JULY 1998)
RUSSIAN RUBLES PER US DOLLAR 28.2 (January 2006)
BUDGET ($ 176.7 BILLION)
RUSSIAN BUDGET (ONE TWELVE OF AMERICA’S BUDGET)
UNEMPLOYMENT (7.6 PERCENT)
CORRUPTION
TAX EVASION
WHITHER RUSSIA?:
WHITHER RUSSIA?
AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE ($195)
AVERAGE MONTHLY PENSION ($ 80)
MINIMUM MONTHLY PENSION ($ 30)
OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE ($ 85.12 A MONTH)
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS BELOW POVERTY LINE (20.1%)
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE (41%)
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF MOTHLY FOOD SPENDING ($ 47)
REAL POVERTY LINE ($ 141 A MONTH)
2005 POPULATION GROWTH RATE (-0.37%)
1992-2000 (THE POPULATION DECREASED BY 3.5 MILLION, i.e., 2.4%, OR MORE THAN 750 THOUSAND ANNUALLY)
ONLY 10 PERCENT OF THE RUSSIAN CHILDREN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CAN BE CONSIDERED PHYSICALLY HEALTHY
THE LAST PLACE IN EUROPE ACCORDING TO THE LIFE SPAN
DEMONSTRATIONS, HUNGER STRIKES (January 2005)
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION BORIS YELTSIN (b. February 1, 1931)
ECONOMIC REFORMS (1992)
PRIVATIZATION (A FREE VOUCHER OF $ 33 EACH)
THE GREAT CRIMINAL REVOLUTION (PARTY BUREAUCRACY/MAFIA/KGB)
ECONOMIC CRISIS
THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRY DECREASED PRODUCTION BY 45.7 PERCENT
THE YELTSIN FAMILY CONTROLS 20 PERCENT OF RUSSIA’S ECONOMY
17 BILLIONERS
BUREAUCRATIC CAPITALISM
AFTER YELTSIN:
AFTER YELTSIN PRIME MINISTER VLADIMIR PUTIN (August 10, 1999)
YELTSIN’S RESIGNATION (December 31, 1999)
BOMBINGS OF APPARTMENT BUILDINGS IN MOSCOW (September 1999)
THE SECOND CHECHEN WAR
(September 30, 1999 – PRESENT)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (March 26, 2000)
PUTIN (52.9 PERCENT OF VOTES)
GENNADY ZYUGANOV (29.2 PERCENT OF VOTES)
5.8 PERCENT OF THE RUSSIANS VOTED FOR DEMOCRACY
PARLIAMENTERY ELECTION (DECEMBER 7, 2003)
UNITED RUSSIA (49.3% OF SEATS)
COMMUNISTS (11.6% OF SEATS)
LDPR (8% OF SEATS)
MOTHERLAND (8.2% OF SEATS)
NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (MARCH 14, 2004)
PUTIN (71.2%)
AUTHORITARIANISM (CENTRALY APPOINTED GOVERNORS)
NGO LAW (January 10, 2006)
65,000 NGO’s (2 MILLION AMERICAN NGO)
THE BRITISH SPY SCANDAL (January 22, 2006)
REVIVAL OF STALINISM VLADIMIR PUTIN
(b. October 7, 1952)