Russian
... was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas south of the Antarctic ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/a_fg.html
Russian
Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)
www.exxun.com/Armenia/c_pp.html
Russian
48 (private television stations alongside 2 public networks; major Russian channels widely available) (2006)
www.exxun.com/Armenia/f_cm.html
Russian
Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/c_pp.html
Russian
Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census)
www.exxun.com/Belarus/c_pp.html
Russian
... Belarus, which will increase gradually through 2009, and a requirement that Belarusian duties on re-exported Russian oil be shared with Russia - 80% will go to Russia in 2008, and 85% in ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
Russian
After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US - it regained its freedom ...
www.exxun.com/Estonia/a_fg.html
Russian
Estonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2% (2000 census)
www.exxun.com/Estonia/c_pp.html
Russian
... STRANDBERG]; Estonian People's Union (Rahvaliit) [Villu REILJAN]; Estonian Reform Party (Reformierakond) [Andrus ANSIP]; Estonian United Russian People's Party or EUVRP [Yevgeniy TOMBERG]; Social Democratic Party (formerly People's Party Moodukad ...
www.exxun.com/Estonia/d_gv.html
Russian
... appending prepared a unilateral declaration referencing Soviet occupation and territorial losses; Russia demands better accommodation of Russian-speaking population in Estonia; Estonian citizen groups continue to press for realignment of the boundary ...
www.exxun.com/Estonia/i_ti.html
Russian
Finnish 91.5% (official), Swedish 5.5% (official), other 3% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2006)
www.exxun.com/Finland/c_pp.html
Russian
... South Ossetia. These two territories remain outside the control of the central government and are ruled by de facto, unrecognized governments, supported by Russia. Russian-led peacekeeping operations continue in both regions
www.exxun.com/Georgia/a_fg.html
Russian
Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia
www.exxun.com/Georgia/c_pp.html
Russian
a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia
www.exxun.com/Georgia/h_ml.html
Russian
German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
www.exxun.com/Germany/c_pp.html
Russian
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.)
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/c_pp.html
Russian
general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/f_cm.html
Russian
Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999 census)
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/c_pp.html
Russian
based on French and Russian laws; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
Russian
... Latvia reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of the Russian minority (some 30% of the population ...
www.exxun.com/Latvia/a_fg.html
Russian
Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002)
www.exxun.com/Latvia/c_pp.html
Russian
Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools (SHTAB) [Aleksandr KAZAKOV]
www.exxun.com/Latvia/d_gv.html
Russian
... of Liechtenstein was established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719. Occupied by both French and Russian troops during the Napoleanic wars, it became a sovereign state in 1806 and joined the ...
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/a_fg.html
Russian
... not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions ...
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/a_fg.html
Russian
Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran and Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census)
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/c_pp.html