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 * Russia**
 * Assignment for class #2 Wednesday, June 5th**

Russia is officially known as the Russian Federation. Located in Northern Eurasia, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia. Latvia, Lithoania, Poland, Belaruis, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijjan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. Russia, the largest country in the world, covers 17, 075, 040 square kilometers. Shown below is the flag of Russia, along with a map of Russia:




 * Assignment for Class #3/Monday, June 10th**

Interesting Facts about Russia 1. Russia covers more than 1/7th of the total land of our planet. 2. Russian celebrate new year 2 times a year(01st of January and Orthodox Stule New Year 14th of January)

3. Russia is home to the largest McDonalds in the world with 700 seats for customer. The restaraunt in Moscow shares this honor with Beijing).



The article that I chose focused on education in Russia, primarily with the false recognition Russia receives as the "most educated country in the world." Written by Svetiana Smetanina and published in September of 2012, the name of the article is "The World's Most Educated Country Lacks Quality Education." 54% of Russians in the 25-64 age range hold university degrees with nearly 3,000 institues of higher education in a country of approximately 140 million people. Russia ranks first in the world for the percentage of population that has completed higher education; therefore, it is an extreme sense of pride for a parent to send their child on to a higher level of learning in Russia. However, in the recent years higher education in Russia has became more of a "if you have the money, you can get a degree." This has created concern that Russia has too many colleges, too many degrees and not near enough requirements on the institutes of learning. Not one college in Russia has yet to break into the top 100 colleges in the world. The educational departments in Russia are currently trying to stiffen requirements to obtaining a degree in the country by cutting back the number of institutes of learning in Russia. The article also points out that while Russia brags that they are the most literate country in the world, that claim is on the number of books and periodicals produced in Russia and not the country's citizens actual ability to read. While they lay claim to the most educated in the world, attention is turning to the poor quality of education that they are providing versus the diplomas they are printing.
 * News Report #1**

More Interesting Facts about Russia 4. Russia Orthodox is the main religion in Russia. 5. Russia has 12 seas.
 * Assignment for Class #4/Wednesday, June 12th**

6. 10% of the government income in Russia comes from the sale of vodka.


 * SITUATIONAL IRONY**


 * INSIGHT: THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA**




 * Assignment for Class #5/Monday, June 17th**

More Interesting Facts about Russia

7. There are 8 state holidays celebrated in Russia (January 1-New Year's Day, January 7-Christmas, February 23-Defender of the Motherland Day, March 8-International Women's Day, May1-Labour Day, May9-Victory Day, June 12-Russia Day, November 4-National Unity Day) 8. The currency in Russia is the Ruble.



9. Russia time zones are 1 hour ahead of their true longitudinal position.



The second article I chose focused on the fastest growing industry at this time which is the food retail industry. Currently the fastest growing market in Europe, the food retail market is responsible for $300 billion a year. Published on June 8, 2013 the article "A Magnit for Investors: A Retailer Doing Well in a Business Unfriendly Country" focuses on the chain of retail stores known as Magnit - which currently is at the top of food retail in Russia. Magnit was founded by 45 year old Sergei Galitsky who has made a fortune of over 8 million dollars paying close attention and meeting the needs of price sensitive shoppers in the country. Compared to Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, Galitsky is one of the rare Russian Oligarch (seperated b high finances) whose fortune was not made on natural resources. Galitsky pays close attention to his shopper's needs and uses the ultimate technology to meet those needs - examples of the use of technology is found in sensors that are placed at the exit of the store to indicate if the temperature is too cold for people to be in the check out lines and air quality monitors that check for bacteria near the meat aisle that alert the store managers when cleaning is necessary. While Galitsky's chain of stores are prime for Russia's growing customer market, Russia remains an unfriendly place for him and other business owners due to huge distances, low population, and horrible roads in the country. Despite those obstacles, Galitsky is determined to see his company grow over the next 5 years. There are currently 7,100 Magnit stores in Russia, by 2018 Galitsky wants to have 17,150 of his stores across the country.
 * News Report #2**


 * Assignment for Class #6/Wednesday, June 19th**

INSIGHT: HOW TO GET ALONG IN RUSSIA


 * Assignment for Class #7/Monday, June 24th**

News Report #3 The third article that I chose to review focused on the present competition between private institutions of higher education and government based institutions of higher education in my selected country of Russia. Published in "University World News" on March 18, 2012 the article "Private Higher Education in Russia: The Way Forward" was co-authored by Vladimir Geormenko, Grigori Kliucharev, and John Morgan. The article first introduced the variations in education, especially higher education and training, in different countries. The source for these variations was revealed to be economic development, culture, and historical traditions of each country. A country's government stability was reported to be a primary source of the implemenation and the success of higher education due to most government's roles in providing institutions of higher education. With Russia's past government instability higher learning has failed to thrive over the past few decades; however, in the last 10-15 years hundreds of private institutions of learning have developed. Presently that growth has seemed to peek with lower admission rates of students, and this has placed private and state institutions at an intense level of competition. With the introduction of more modernized student aid - such as students being able to obtain secondary specialty degrees and student loans, the future of the conflict of private and state institutions of higher education in the country are unknown and the authors of this article expressed their hope for the future of all higher learning in Russia would be re-evaluated and the emphasis placed back on what they believed to be the center of education - the student.