Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...
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Energy Tax Reform in Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries
THE COUNTRIES of the former Soviet Union are typically large consumers of energy ... Increasing excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel by between $0.07 and $0.15 per liter could increase revenues by ...