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100
Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin
100
Current President of Russia
Who is Vladimir Putin
100
Primarily Muslim region that wants independence from Russia and has been the location of numerous acts of terrorism
What is Chechnya
100
The head of Government.
Who is the Prime Minister (Dmitry Medvedev)
100
The favorite Russian hobby.
What is mushroom picking
200
Policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions.
What is Glasnost
200
Length of term for President
What is 6 years
200
Year that Russia joined the World Trade Organization
What is 2012
200
Parties strongly sponsored by economic and political power-holders.
What are Parties of Power
200
Russian leader entombed in Red Square.
Who is Vladimir Lenin
300
The last Czar of Russia.
Who is Nicholas the 2nd
300
a system in which the roles of the head of state and the head of government are represented separately by two different individuals
What is dual executive
300
# 1 cause of death in Russia
What is alcohol
300
Court that has the power of "judicial review."
What is the Constitutional Court
300
Agency the current President of Russia used to work for.
What is the KGB
400
The first President of the Russian Federation.
Who is Boris Yeltsin
400
the method by which the Duma can remove the prime minister
What is vote of no confidence
400
a system that retains the basic structures of a democracy but that does not protect basic civil liberties
What is illiberal democracy
400
The domestic security agency.
What is the Federal Security Service (FSB)
400
Number of members of the Federation Council
What is 178 (two for each of 89 federal administrative units)
500
Czars who attempted to Westernize Russia.
Who are Peter and Catherine the Great
500
the commission that advises on defense and foreign policy; chaired by the president and consists of a secretary, the heads of security-related agencies, the prime minister, the foreign minister, and chairs of the two chambers of parliament
What is Security Council
500
Russian state-owned energy company; the tenth largest oil and gas entity in the world
What is Gazprom
500
System used to elect members of the Duma
What is proportional representation
500
Name of Russian youth organization
What is Nashi