Sentences with phrase «of russia»

The idea of Russia conjures so many stereotypes; bears, fur hats, nutcrackers, caviar, Cossacks and dolls in dolls in dolls.

I recently read Time Magazine's Person of the Year issue for 2007... the articles on Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.

They are reserving box seats for Ronald Reagan's inauguration, while the honored guest tests the microphone by announcing that the bombing of Russia begins in five minutes.

The evangelist later attributed the decision to severe restrictions on missionary activity newly enacted as part of Russia's anti-terrorism efforts, though the event was called off a few months before the «Yarovaya laws» were proposed.

Three children experienced a series of extraordinary visions in 1917 and were given a message that was both extraordinary and very ordinary: people must pray and do penance (that was the ordinary bit; these things are central to Catholic life, always have been and always must be) and failure to do this would ensure that evils would be spread by Russia across the world (an extraordinary statement to make to children living in an obscure corner of Portugal with limited access to any knowledge of Russia or indeed to anywhere else outside their local area).

«Marauding army» sounds like a reasonable description — the kind of marauding army that could, for example, try to wrest a large chunk of Siberia and its mineral riches out of Russia's control.

The demographics of Russia and China will turn them into desperate countries — armed to the teeth with nukes.

Communist materialism determined the order of Russia for more than seventy years; the phase of market - based materialism was traversed in much more rapid fashion.

Requiring a permit to evangelize is «not only absurd and offensive, but also creates the basis for mass persecution of believers for violating these provisions,» read another open letter signed by Protestant Churches of Russia leader Sergei Ryakhovsky among other signatories.

The eastward expansion of Europe, through the progressive expansion of Russia into Asia, corresponded to a radical westward expansion of Europe to a world given the name «America» on the other side of the ocean.

To the young parish community I joined in Klin, it was clear that the spiritual renewal of Russia would require de - Sovietization.

In the current patrimony of Russia — whether cultural, historical, social, philosophical, or religious — there is only one tradition that is being passed on to the next generation.

Hailed as one of Russia's most charismatic public speakers, he enjoyed popular support in the Church and beyond.

He chose to call his autobiography The Mad Monk of Russia.

Some of Russia's greatest writers and artists made pilgrimages to the famous startsi (holy elders) at Optina Pustin.

Facing the unfolding of Russia's all - too - non-fictional Soviet Calamity, Vorotyntsev was not pondering grand vistas of doom from a «palantir - wired» tower of observation like Denethor, but wading out into society in search of any and all allies and advices, standing for a fierce moderation ready to do battle and take radical actions for plausible hopes, in the manner expressed in this motto:

He became Tsar of All Russia but was known for cruelty, one of the most notable examples being the Massacre of Novgorod in 1570 where thousands died.

The IOC did make a possible allowance for certain athletes with a history of «rigorous drug testing» to petition to be allowed to compete, but they would have to do so in a neutral uniform and, should they win, their national anthem would not play and their medal would not considered part of Russia's overall medal total, which will stay at zero for the length of the 2018 games.

Although Hitler's invasion of Russia caused Stalin abruptly to change course — he turned to the Church to help him mobilize the population for war — the Church nevertheless labored under severe restrictions until the Gorbachev era.

It's not a bad description of Russia at the best of times.

Just as leaders of Russia, the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar prepared to meet to discuss ways to end the war in Syria, Syrian President Bashar al - Assad was quoted saying that his forced will continue «to clean» Aleppo, invoking genocidal language.

Lawmakers and pundits have blasted Facebook over revelations it sold approximately $ 100,000 worth of political ads from fake accounts and pages out of Russia.

In the early days of 2018, considered one of Russia's president Vladimir Putin's counselors has said that «crypto ruble» will restrict the influence of worldwide sanctions on Russia's economic system.

However, the potential of scaling of our BI system is not limited to the market of Russia and the CIS countries.

Facebook sold approximately $ 100,000 worth of political ads from fake accounts and pages out of Russia.

According to Arseni Scheltsin, the director of Russia's Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Association, the proposals on creating and regulating a nationwide cryptocurrency will likely be formally offered in July 2018, whereas a full - fledge launch would take a 12 months after that.

According to the participants, the issue of improved labour productivity is a key area of Russia's socio - economic development.

He added that «crypto ruble» is developed as a digital counterpart of Russia's nationwide foreign money, whereas the safety of its transactions will likely be ensured with a non-public blockchain, and the coin itself won't be mineable.

Bank of Russia: «It's Time to Develop National Cryptocurrencies» Jun 2, 2017 by Stan Higgins Russia's central bank believes the time is right to develop and launch its own digital currency, one of its senior officials said today.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has given a list of almost four dozen questions to lawyers for President Donald Trump as part of his Russia investigation, according to The New York Times.

A citizen of Russia or Japan would have performed much better over this period with much more than 30 % foreign investments.

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) unexpectedly hiked rates by 650 basis points to 17 percent overnight after the beleaguered ruble plunged to a...

Russian equity prices weakened towards the end of October following the arrest of the chief executive of Russia's largest oil company and the freezing of some of its shares.

William Engdahl says a blood thirsty NATO seeks endless wars and the overthrow of Russia and any other nation that gets in its way of total global domination.

The Times investigative team was already exploring social media manipulation, «partly because of the Russia investigation, and reporting into firms like Cambridge Analytica,» said Nicholas Confessore, a reporter for the team, referring to a data company that worked for Donald J. Trump during the presidential campaign and is now under congressional scrutiny.

Trump himself leaned into one attack on the FBI by suggesting that the counterintelligence probe of Russia had somehow prevented the Miami field office from preempting the Parkland shooting.

Vladimir Putin's approval rating, which has fluctuated between 80 % and 90 % since the start of Russia's meddling in Ukraine, could suffer, since apart from belligerent foreign adventures, the other thing that his popularity has historically depended on is rising standards of living for the population.

The OPEC / non-OPEC deal is working, and the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policies — oil prices at US$ 40 — can allow it to live forever at that price or below, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin told Bloomberg in an interview on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday.

If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

«You have the leadership of the FBI distracted, trying to go follow this trail of Russia collusion which, by the way, the indictment now says no Russia collusion,» co-host Rachel Campos - Duffy said.

And doubts are growing about the ability of Russia's heavily indebted energy firms to roll over their debt next year.

At the beginning of June, Russia's Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said that Russia was «actually ready to live forever at oil prices $ 40 or below,» as oil at US$ 40 is the current underlying key assumption of Russia's economic policies.

A couple of weeks later, Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said that Russia's central bank was keeping its oil price forecast for this year at US$ 50 per barrel, and still believes that the price of oil will drop to roughly US$ 40 in 2018 - 2019.

Usually, when you hear the word collusion, you might think of Russia and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

«2018 is the year of Russia in the doldrums.»

An HPE spokeswoman said source code reviews are conducted by the Russian testing company at an HPE research and development center outside of Russia, where the software maker closely supervises the process.

The head of the Central Bank of Russia has spoken against the legalization of cryptocurrency at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and representatives of the Russian business circles and associations.

October 17th, 2017, in conclusion of the visit to Iran, Mr. Alexey A. Tyupanov, EXIAR CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Eximbank of Russia, held a productive negotiations with Dr. Ali Salehabadi, Chairman and Managing Director of EDBI

The large volume of capital flight out of Russia poses the natural question of whether it is legally the property of the Russian people.

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) unexpectedly hiked rates by 650 basis points to 17 percent overnight after the beleaguered ruble plunged to a fresh record low.