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The New Siberian Islands are an archipelago in the Extreme North of Russia, to the North of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
September 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 6
The Russian polician Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia since 2008.
The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands are an archipelago and geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic Ocean.
Chekism is a term to describe the situation in the Soviet Union where the secret political police strongly controlled all spheres of society. It is also used by critics of the current Kremlin authorities to describe the power enjoyed by law-enforcement agencies in contemporary Russia.
Pravda.ru formerly Pravda Online, is a Russian internet news website established in 1999 and owned by Pravda.ru Holding headed by Vadim Gorshenin.
Zarya was a steam- and sail-powered brig used by the Russian Academy of Sciences for a polar exploration during 1900–1903.
Gunvor Group Ltd is a global commodity trading company registered in Cyprus, with its main trading office in Geneva, Switzerland. Gunvor also has trading offices in Singapore, the Bahamas, and Dubai, with a network of representative offices around the globe. The company operates in the trade, transport, storage and optimization of petroleum and other energy products, as well as having investments in oil terminal and port facilities. Its operations consist of securing crude oil upstream and delivering it to market via pipelines and tankers.
Belkofoski is a small unincorporated community in the Aleutians East Borough in Alaska.
Oleg Anatolyevich Tsaryov is an Ukrainian businessman, politician and separatist leader in eastern Ukraine.
Dozhd, also known as TV Rain, is a Russian independent television channel. It is owned by journalist Natalya Sindeyeva. Dozhd focuses on news, discussions, culture, politics, business reports, and documentaries. The channel's motto is "talk about important things with those who are important to us". Most Dozhd shows are live broadcasts.
Kozlovsky, Kozlovskaya, or Kozlovskoye is the name of several rural localities in Russia:
Białkowski is a Polish-language surname. Its Russified form is Belkovsky/Belkovski.
The Putin-Medvedev tandemocracy is the joint leadership of Russia between 2008 and 2012 when Vladimir Putin, who was constitutionally barred from serving a third consecutive term as President of Russia, assumed the role of Prime Minister under President Dmitry Medvedev. While the office of Prime Minister is nominally the subservient position, opinion differs as to what extent Putin was the de facto leader during this period, with most opinion being either that Putin remained paramount or that he and Medvedev had similar levels of power. Putin was re-elected President in the 2012 election and Medvedev became his Prime Minister.
Katerina Tikhonova is a Russian acrobatic dancer, and director of two initiatives at Moscow State University: the National Intellectual Development Foundation (NIDF) and the National Intellectual Reserve Centre (NIRC). She is the younger daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka was a Russian humanitarian worker and charity activist. She was honoured three times with state awards for her work. Glinka died in the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash.
Zvi Hirsch Gregor Belkovsky was a jurist, political economist, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian Zionists and an organizer for the first Zionist Congress.
