Balkan Geostrategic Vector of the Russian Federation

Poverty in the Russian Federation

This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective approach, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the opinion of the individual, rich or poor,...

conflict of law in the russian federation

tant en :union: soviétique qu’en russie nouvelle, le conflit de lois constitue la partie essentielle et en même temps la plus complexe du droit international privé. a la fin du xxe siècle, des changements substantiels et fondamentaux se sont produits dans ce domaine. cette évolution est soumise à l’influence, d’une part, des facteurs universels qui concernent la communauté internationale et, d’...

The Russian Federation and Hiv/aids

Since the first case of AIDS was identified in 1985, Russia has maintained a low HIVseroprevalence rate, currently at 0.05. However, there are signs of an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic fueled by several factors. As of September 1999, a total of 19,105 HIV infections were registered, although the estimated number exceeds 50,000. The most recent trend in HIV/AIDS transmission is through injecting dr...

Contraindications to vaccination in the Russian Federation.

Failure to achieve high levels of immunity among children contributed to the epidemic of diphtheria that occurred in the Russian Federation during the 1990s. A major factor in this failure was the extensive list of contraindications to vaccination that was in use throughout the countries of the former Soviet Union. In 1980, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Soviet Union adopted an extensive l...

Immigration Law in the Russian Federation