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Factors ShapingPolitics

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Topic 1100 Question

What percent of Russia’s population is ethnically Russian?

Topic 1 100 Answer

80%

Topic 1200 Question

In what year did the USSR fall and the Russian Federation begin?

Topic 1 200 Answer

1991

Topic 1300 Question

What is Russia’s rank in land size compared to the rest of the world?

Topic 1 300 Answer

#1

Topic 1400 Question

What was the name of the economic reform passed by Gorbachev that

allowed some capitalist concessions in Russia?

Topic 1 400 Answer

Perestroika

Topic 1500 Question

Who was the last tsar to rule Russia?

Topic 1 500 Answer

Nicolas II

Topic 2100 Question

How is the president of Russia elected and how long is the term?

Topic 2 100 Answer

He is elected by a vote and the term is six years due to the constitution of 1993.  Each president can only serve up to two terms.

Topic 2200 Question

What kind of political system does Russia have?

Topic 2 200 Answer

Federation

Topic 2300 Question

What is the largest political party in Russia?

Topic 2 300 Answer

United Russia

Topic 2 400 Question 

During Soviet rule, 100% of the public participated in politics because it was

forced.  Now, what percent of Russian’s citizens are members of a political party?

Topic 2 400 Answer

1%

Topic 2 500 Question

What are the three types of elections in Russia?

Topic 2 500 Answer

Referendum, Duma Elections, and Presidential Elections

Topic 3 100 Question

Which “interest group” is very involved in the KGB and sometimes used (unofficially)

by the government to exercise power?

Topic 3 100 Answer

Russian Mafia

Topic 3 200 Question

Which region of Russia hasn’t signed the treaty that binds the regions?

Topic 3 200 Answer

Chechnya

Topic 3 300 Question

How many of Russia’s 89 regions are made up of a non-Russian majority?

Topic 3 300 Answer

21 regions

Topic 3 400 Question

What does the government have major control over and therefore uses

for propaganda purposes?

Topic 3 400 Answer

Media

Topic 3 500 Question

The Constitution of 1993 created a three branch government. What are the three branches and what are they made up of?

Topic 3 500 Answer

1. Executive: President and Prime Minister2. Legislative: Duma and Federal Council

3. Judicial: Supreme Court and Constitutional Court

Topic 4100 Question

Who does the President appoint?

Topic 4 100 Answer

The President appoints the Prime minister and cabinet

Topic 4 200 Question

How did Russia resolve Checnya’s terrorism attacks in the early 2000s?

Topic 4 200 Answer

Held a referendum that reintegrated Chechnya within Russia.

Topic 4300 Question

How does Russia keep its external safety from Chechnya’s terrorists?

Topic 4 300 Answer

They have expanded anti-terrorist operations in the region of Chechnya

Topic 4 400 Question

How did Russia try and resolve  the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict?

Topic 4 400 Answer

They brought the two sides together and had them sign a cease fire

Topic 4 500 Question

Name a way that Putin is able to regulate the behavior of citizens.

Topic 4500 Answer

Censorship lawsArrest with little real cause

Youth campsPropaganda

IndoctrinationUse of the Russian Mafia

Topic 5100 Question

What were Yeltsin’s reforms that caused economic turmoil in the 1990s

and early 2000s?

Topic 5 100 Answer

“Shock therapy” reforms: changing rapidly to a market economy

Topic 5 200 Question

Russia has had a strained relationship with the US. What did Russia recently cut the US off from?

Topic 5 200 Answer

Adoption of Russian children

Topic 5300 Question

What is a current social cleavage in Russia?

Topic 5 300 Answer

Ethnic, Urban vs. Rural,

Putin Generation vs. Yeltsin, Communist vs. Capitalist,

Religious

Topic 5 400 Question

What is there a lack of in Putin’s administration?

Topic 5 400 Answer

Transparency

Topic 5500 Question

Which region in Russia is a source of major ethnic cleavage today, causing

political problems?

Topic 5 500 Answer

Chechnya