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Partnerships that Make a Difference in Children’s Lives

Posted in Community Interest Stories, US-Russia Relations, tagged , , on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Today I had an opportunity to meet with a former grantee of ours, Mimi Siegel from the Kindering Center. She and I were talking about the impact made on the lives of children and families in the Russian Far East as a result of their partnership with the Vladivostok Center for Early Intervention six years [...]

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Yuri’s Night

Posted in Community Interest Stories, US-Russia Relations, tagged , , on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin made his first flight in space, the first human to do so.  It was an event that helped shaped space flight for the U.S. and Russia and eventually for many countries around the world. Every April 12th the world celebrates Yuri’s Night to commemorate this first flight in space but [...]

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Reforms in Russia – A Local Perspective

Posted in Community Interest Stories on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Often the press reports on what is perceived as the “erosion of democracy” in Russia. What is not often reported is how Russia, through its reforms, is shaping citizen engagement in its country.  A few years ago the Russian government passed Law 131 – not something that you might have read about – but it [...]

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Russia in the Global Storm – a Regional View

Posted in Community Interest Stories on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Russia in the Global Storm was the topic of a presentation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace last month. One of the presenters, Zeljko Bogetic from the World Bank, cautioned that Russia’s “lack of attention towards greater social safety net programs was worrisome.” He went on to say that it is estimated that 4.7 [...]

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The Power of Partnership

Posted in Community Interest Stories on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I met with several members of the Great Baikal Trail Organization and their American partners to learn more about what they have been doing since we gave them a grant many years ago. It turned out to be a wonderful opportunity to appreciate, again, what people can do when united in a common purpose. [...]

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