Measures of life expectancy quantify these disparities in an easily interpretable way. Attacks include: Experts say there are several ties between the al-Qaeda network and Chechen groups. Russian LGBT Network, an NGO, estimated that 20 men were held. ), total: 40.3 yearsmale: 37.5 yearsfemale: 43.2 years (2020 est. was subject to a series of Soviet constitutions (1918, 1924, 1936, 1977), under which it nominally was a sovereign socialist state within (after 1936) a federal structure. The language of the Volga Tatar ethnic group, Tatar is spoken by some 6.5 million people as a native language. A … 2020 ), household consumption: 52.4% (2017 est. In 2011, the White British population accounted for 87.1% of the entire United Kingdom’s population. From 1994 to 1996, Russia fought Chechen guerillas in a conflict that became known as the First Chechen War. There have been solidarity demonstrations and … The Balance of Power in the Balkans. with Cornell William Brooks and Kathryn Sikkink, with Walter H. Pincus and Walter H. Pincus, Chechen Terrorism (Russia, Chechnya, Separatist), The U.S., Muslims, and a Turbulent Post-9/11 World. Moscow blamed Chechen rebels for the explosions, which comprised the largest coordinated terrorist attack in Russian history. Ethnic Groups Estimated reductions for the Black and Latino populations are 3 to 4 … The performance and movements in these dances can differ depending on the region, but here are several basic types that have been widely spread across Russia for centuries. Alexander Vershbow, a U.S. ambassador to Russia, said shortly after September 11, 2001, "We have long recognized that Osama bin Laden and other international networks have been fueling the flames in Chechnya, including the involvement of foreign commanders like Khattab." Sample Text A December 2002 dual suicide bombing that attacked the headquarters of Chechnya’s Russian-backed government in Grozny. Canada 2019-2020 - Page 26 In January 1934, Soviet officials merged the Chechen Autonomous Oblast with the neighboring Ingush Autonomous Oblast, largely to dilute each region’s ethnic identity. Ethiopia is the second most populated country in Africa, boasting a population of more than 118 million. April 12, 2021, Backgrounder )investment in fixed capital: 21.6% (2017 est. Russian Tatars feel threatened as Putin pursues ... Chechnya has been plagued by two wars and an ongoing insurgency since the fall of the Soviet Union. In October 2019, at least two followers of the late Turkish theologian Said Nursi, branded extremist and banned in 2008, continued to serve three-to-eight-year sentences. 25,000-30,000 Ukraine (including Crimea) (2020)note(s): since November 2020, Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a truce agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; fighting erupted between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in September of 2020as of 2021, Russia was assessed to have 1-2,000 private military contractors in Libya and as many as 2,300 private military contractors in the Central African Republic, 18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; one-year service obligation (Russia offers the option of serving on a two-year contract instead of completing a one-year conscription period); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16, cadets classified as members of the armed forces (2019)note: in April of 2019, the Russian Government pledged its intent to end conscription as part of a decade-long effort to shift from a large, conscript-based military to a smaller, more professional force, as of 2021, Russian military forces continued to conduct active combat operations in Syria; Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war at the request of the ASAD government in September 2015; Russian assistance included air support, special operations forces, military advisors, private military contractors, training, arms, and equipmentRussia is the leading member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and contributes approximately 8,000 troops to CSTO's rapid reaction force (2021), Aum Shimrikyo (AUM/Aleph); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Caucasus Provincenote: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T, Russia remains concerned about the smuggling of poppy derivatives from Afghanistan through Central Asian countries; China and Russia have demarcated the once disputed islands at the Amur and Ussuri confluence and in the Argun River in accordance with the 2004 Agreement, ending their centuries-long border disputes; the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in Japan as the "Northern Territories" and in Russia as the "Southern Kurils," occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by Russia, and claimed by Japan, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II hostilities; Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratified Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea; Norway and Russia signed a comprehensive maritime boundary agreement in 2010; various groups in Finland advocate restoration of Karelia (Kareliya) and other areas ceded to the Soviet Union following World War II but the Finnish Government asserts no territorial demands; Russia and Estonia signed a technical border agreement in May 2005, but Russia recalled its signature in June 2005 after the Estonian parliament added to its domestic ratification act a historical preamble referencing the Soviet occupation and Estonia's pre-war borders under the 1920 Treaty of Tartu; Russia contends that the preamble allows Estonia to make territorial claims on Russia in the future, while Estonian officials deny that the preamble has any legal impact on the treaty text; Russia demands better treatment of the Russian-speaking population in Estonia and Latvia; Russia remains involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine while also occupying Ukraine’s territory of Crimea; Lithuania and Russia committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as an EU member state with an EU external border, where strict Schengen border rules apply; preparations for the demarcation delimitation of land boundary with Ukraine have commenced; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov is suspended due to the occupation of Crimea by Russia; Kazakhstan and Russia boundary delimitation was ratified on November 2005 and field demarcation should commence in 2007; Russian Duma has not yet ratified 1990 Bering Sea Maritime Boundary Agreement with the US; Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have made submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) and Russia is collecting additional data to augment its 2001 CLCS submission, refugees (country of origin): 18,428 (Ukraine) (2020)stateless persons: 60,185 (2020); note - Russia's stateless population consists of Roma, Meskhetian Turks, and ex-Soviet citizens from the former republics; between 2003 and 2010 more than 600,000 stateless people were naturalized; most Meskhetian Turks, followers of Islam with origins in Georgia, fled or were evacuated from Uzbekistan after a 1989 pogrom and have lived in Russia for more than the required five-year residency period; they continue to be denied registration for citizenship and basic rights by local Krasnodar Krai authorities on the grounds that they are temporary illegal migrants, current situation: Russia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, although labor trafficking is the predominant problem; people from Russia and other countries in Europe, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Asia, including Vietnam and North Korea, are subjected to conditions of forced labor in Russia’s construction, manufacturing, agriculture, repair shop, and domestic services industries, as well as forced begging and narcotics cultivation; North Koreans contracted under bilateral government arrangements to work in the timber industry in the Russian Far East reportedly are subjected to forced labor; Russian women and children were reported to be victims of sex trafficking in Russia, Northeast Asia, Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, while women from European, African, and Central Asian countries were reportedly forced into prostitution in Russiatier rating: Tier 3 — Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, is not making significant efforts to do, and remains in Tier 3; the government took some steps to address trafficking by convicting some traffickers, facilitating the return of Russian children from Iraq and Syria, and identifying some victims, including foreign nationals; however, there was a government policy of forced labor, the number of victims identified was negligible, and authorities penalized potential victims without screening for signs of trafficking; the government offered no funding or programs for trafficking victims’ rehabilitation, prosecutions remained low compared with the scope of Russia’s trafficking problem, no national anti-trafficking strategy has been drafted, and government agencies have not been assigned roles or responsibilities (2020), a destination country for Afghan opium and heroin and other Afghan opiates; a transit country for cocaine from South America, especially Ecuador to Europe, Belgium and Netherlands; synthetic drugs are produced in clandestine drug laboratories throughout the country; cannabis cultivated in Russian Far East and the North Caucasus; the majority of hashish is smuggled in from Northern Africa, total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030, Children under the age of 5 years underweight, School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education), International law organization participation, Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income, Household income or consumption by percentage share, Electricity - installed generating capacity, Electricity - from other renewable sources, Civil aircraft registration country code prefix, Military and security service personnel strengths, Military equipment inventories and acquisitions, Refugees and internally displaced persons, Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI). Afghanistan: Flurry of Islamic State Khorasan attacks could be sign of group's growing strength. The following month, five bombs exploded in Russia over a ten-day period, killing almost three hundred civilians. ), degree of risk: intermediate (2020)food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrheavectorborne diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, tickborne encephalitisnote: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 6 October 2021, Russia has reported a total of 7,662,560 cases of COVID-19 or 5,250.69 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 145.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 5 October 2021, 33.4% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 99.7%male: 99.7%female: 99.7% (2018), total: 16 yearsmale: 16 yearsfemale: 16 years (2018), total: 17%male: 16%female: 18.2% (2020 est. Basayev took responsibility for organizing the attack, and three Chechen-affiliated groups are thought to have been involved. Both economic growth and reform have stalled in recent years, however, and Russia remains a predominantly statist economy with a high concentration of wealth in officials' hands. By RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service May 22, 2020. Ethnic ), number of registered air carriers: 32 (2020)inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 958annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 99,327,311 (2018)annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 6,810,610,000 mt-km (2018), total: 594over 3,047 m: 542,438 to 3,047 m: 1971,524 to 2,437 m: 123914 to 1,523 m: 95under 914 m: 125 (2017), total: 624over 3,047 m: 42,438 to 3,047 m: 131,524 to 2,437 m: 69914 to 1,523 m: 81under 914 m: 457 (2013), 177700 km gas, 54800 km oil, 19300 km refined products (2016), total: 87,157 km (2014)narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island) (2014)broad gauge: 86,200 km 1.520-m gauge (40,300 km electrified) (2014)note: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve industries, total: 1,283,387 km (2012)paved: 927,721 km (includes 39,143 km of expressways) (2012)unpaved: 355,666 km (2012), 102,000 km (including 48,000 km with guaranteed depth; the 72,000-km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea) (2009), total: 2,873by type: bulk carrier 13, container ship 17, general cargo 946, oil tanker 406, other 1,491 (2021), major seaport(s): Arctic Ocean: Arkhangelsk, MurmanskBaltic Sea: Kaliningrad, Primorsk, Saint PetersburgBlack Sea: NovorossiyskPacific Ocean: Nakhodka, Vladivostok, Vostochnyyoil terminal(s): Kavkaz oil terminal, Primorskcontainer port(s) (TEUs): Saint Petersburg (2,221,724) (2019)LNG terminal(s) (export): Sabetta, Sakhalin Islandriver port(s): Astrakhan, Kazan (Volga River); Rostov-on-Don (Don River); Saint Petersburg (Neva River), Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: Ground Troops (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno-Kosmicheskiye Sily, VKS); Airborne Troops (Vozdushno-Desantnyye Voyska, VDV), and Missile Troops of Strategic Purpose (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN) referred to commonly as Strategic Rocket Forces, are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branchesFederal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (National Guard (FSVNG), Russian Guard, or Rosgvardiya): created in 2016 as an independent agency for internal/regime security, combating terrorism and narcotics trafficking, protecting important state facilities and government personnel, and supporting border security; forces under the National Guard include the Special Purpose Mobile Units (OMON), Special Rapid Response Detachment (SOBR), and Interior Troops (VV); these troops were originally under the command of the Interior Ministry (MVD)Federal Security Services Border Troops (includes land and maritime forces) (2021)note - the Air Force and Aerospace Defense Forces were merged into the VKS in 2015; VKS responsibilities also include launching military and dualâuse satellites, maintaining military satellites, and monitoring and defending against space threats, 4% of GDP (2020 est. Ethnic Journalism in the Global South - Page 86 and Europeans (Ukrainians, etc.) Authorities launched the first-ever criminal investigations for involvement in “undesirable organizations,” targeting four activists of the pro-democracy Open Russia movement. Russian Federation - Minority Rights Group )2.8% (2018 est. … November 17, 2021. Chechen Terrorism (Russia, Chechnya, Separatist) | Council ... The law has particularly stung Tatars, the second largest ethnic group in Russia, making up about 4% of the total population. 500 Kyrgyzstan; est. 3,000-5,000 Syria; est. Population of Russia: today, historical, and projected population, growth rate, immigration, median age. ... nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 census. Russia: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report | Freedom ... Another activist, Anastasiya Shevchenko, remained under house arrest since January. )percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 4.5% (2012 est. These people belong to a myriad of ethnic groups. Authorities prosecuted on extremism charges members of certain Islamic groups that have no history of incitement or violence. Preliminary assessments of 2020 Census household response rates to date, portend the potential loss of billions of dollars in federal funding allocations, power and political representation for the Black population, if nothing is done to stop this trend. In February, a court in Oryol sentenced Dennis Christensen, a Jehovah’s Witness and a Danish citizen, to six years’ imprisonment on extremism charges. According to Drobizheva, ethnic diversity impacts social diversity and social differentiation. Found inside – Page 139Russia's patronage of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria reflects its lingering desire to strengthen its influence over ... 2014), although this varies among ethnic groups within certain de facto states, such as among Russians, ... For the past two hundred … The Russian government continued to provide political and material support to armed groups in eastern Ukraine but took no measures to rein in their abuses, including arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of detainees. In 2020, 68% of women eligible to vote reported voting — higher than the 65% turnout for men. Russia has the largest Muslim population in Europe; and according to US Department of State in 2017, Muslims in Russia numbered 10,220,000 or 7% of the total population. In 2020, male population outnumbered the female with 16.8 million (males) and 15.9 million (females). In Russia, there are over 185 ethnic groups and more than 100 languages spoken with Russian being the official state language. Some of the largest ethnic groups in Russia include Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, and Bashkirs. The majority of Russians identify with Orthodox Christianity. Police opened a criminal investigation into assaulting a police officer for spraying pepper gas that the activists claimed the police used against them. In November, authorities opened a criminal case into alleged sexual assault of children over a YouTube video of children talking to a gay man about his life. In May 2019, unknown individuals broke into the St. Petersburg apartment of a volunteer with the Russian LGBT Network and threatened her and the organization’s emergency program coordinator. The Center’s recent survey found that ethnic Russians are more likely than non-Russians in their countries to say that Russia has an obligation to protect ethnic Russians living outside its borders. Machinery including computers: US$43.1 billion (18.6% of total imports) Electrical machinery, equipment: $30.2 billion (13%) Borovikov was sentenced to a fine. Torture and other ill-treatment remained widespread; especially in pretrial detention and prisons. Karen MINASYAN / AFP. In November, a court in Tomsk handed down the same sentence to another Jehovah’s Witness, Sergei Klimov. Basayev fought for Chechen independence for more than a decade, and was the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attacks on Russian soil. Former deputy commander of NATO General Sir Richard Shirreff speaks out about this very real peril in this call to arms, a novel that is a barely disguised version of the truth. In August, the ECtHR ruled against Russia over the 2009 death of Sergei Magnitsky in remand prison, finding, among other things, that Russia violated his right to life. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports that 77.7 percent of Russians are of … Xibe: With Statistical Data (China's Ethnic Groups Series)|Luc Changlei Guo, Reports Of Cases Argued And Determined In The English Courts Of Common Law, [1845-1856]: Heretofore Condensed By Thomas Sergeant And Thomas M'kean Pettit, Now Reprinted In Full, Volume 9|Thomas Sergeant, Rural Development And Human Fertility|Wayne A. Schutjer, ROOSEVELT In The KANSAS CITY STAR. Russia is home to at least 190 ethnic groups, according to the BBC. In July, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Russia condemning persecution against environmental activists and the situation of Ukrainian political prisoners. The largest ethnic groups in the United Kingdom are looked at below. The trial continued against Yaroslavl prison staff arrested for beating an inmate in 2018. Russia remains the biggest weapons supplier to the Syrian government. Median household income … In 2019 and 2018, the population decreased by about 100 thousand. 1,500 Belarus; est. With a population of over 5 million people, the largest ethnic group is ethnic Norwegians, at about 80% of the people. The native hunters and food gatherers of Australia are called aborigines, though the word refers to the first inhabitants of any region.. Aborigines have lived in Australia for 40,000 years. Ethnic groups. Zacarias Moussaoui, who was convicted for his involvement in the September 11 attacks, was reported by the Wall Street Journal to be formerly "a recruiter for al-Qaeda-backed rebels in Chechnya." ), improved: urban: 94.8% of populationrural: 78.1% of populationtotal: 90.5% of populationunimproved: urban: 5.2% of populationrural: 21.9% of populationtotal: 9.5% of population (2017 est. In January 1921, four years after the Russian Revolution, Chechnya joined Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, and Ingushetia to form the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Both face up to six years in prison, if convicted. Domestic violence remained pervasive but under-reported, and services for survivors inadequate. by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub (April 2020) The Russian Federation is … The Circassians are an ethnic group from the North Caucasus, an area in southwest Russia between the Black and Caspian seas. The 2020 report was prepared by a team managed by Wenyan Yang in the Division for Inclusive Social Development, under the guidance of Elliott Harris and Daniela Bas. November 9, 2021 Courts issued crippling fines to NGOs and independent media. For the past two hundred years, they have generally been governed by Moscow, though they have had varying degrees of de facto autonomy. The Dagestan invasion and the Russian bombings prompted Russian forces to launch the Second Chechen War, also known as the War in the North Caucasus. Neither the military nor pro-democracy forces are backing down after last month’s coup. Officials’ disregard for public concerns about the environmental and health impacts of waste management projects sparked widespread protests, and the authorities routinely harassed and prosecuted environmental activists. Found inside – Page 18Your turn 4: Which ethnic communities played a role in the establishment of Russia as a state? Scientifically, there are anthropological race classifications. Today, several race types are defined in the world. 2020 U.S. Population More Racially and Ethnically Diverse Than Measured in 2010. Find inspiring, fresh insights from #Russia Home to more than 190 ethnic groups & authentic cultures, with 11 time & 7 climate zones. The Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security was established in 2002 and is endowed by a number of Council members and the family and friends of Paul C. Warnke. The volume thereby simultaneously illuminates broader conceptions of the transnational from the perspective of Russian Studies. German forces never reached Chechnya, but Chechen nationalist Khasan Israilov led a revolt against Soviet rule which lasted from 1940 to 1944. This book explores the 1917 Russian Revolution from its February Revolution beginning to the victory of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in October. With few exceptions, authorities responded to rising civic activism with bans, repressive laws, and showcase prosecutions. The heightened repression spurred a widespread public “freedom for political prisoners” campaign, which led authorities to release several people from jail. ), telecom market is largest in Europe, centered in large cities; competition active in Moscow and St Petersburg; most users access Internet through mobile platforms; fiber broadband sector is growing, supported by government in aim to extend reach to outlying regions; tests of 5G with Moscow adopting smart city technology; government justifies censorship and website blocks under a range of laws and regulations; government program aims to provide 97% of households with fixed broadband by 2024; publicly accessible Internet connections in institutions such as hospitals, libraries, schools, and mass transit available in cities; in rural areas, the availability of public Internet connections remains limited; major importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021), 13 national TV stations with the federal government owning 1 and holding a controlling interest in a second; state-owned Gazprom maintains a controlling interest in 2 of the national channels; government-affiliated Bank Rossiya owns controlling interest in a fourth and fifth, while a sixth national channel is owned by the Moscow city administration; the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian military, respectively, own 2 additional national channels; roughly 3,300 national, regional, and local TV stations with over two-thirds completely or partially controlled by the federal or local governments; satellite TV services are available; 2 state-run national radio networks with a third majority-owned by Gazprom; roughly 2,400 public and commercial radio stations, .ru; note - Russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain ".su" that was allocated to the Soviet Union and is being phased out, total: 114,920,477percent of population: 80.86% (July 2018 est.
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