The name of the country Russia comes from the ancient name “Rus”, the official name of the country is the Russian Federation. The country is located partly in Eastern Europe…
Equipped with an extremely reduced structure with a secretariat based in Minsk, the CIS was configured, more than as a real international organization, rather as a forum for cooperation through…
The sum of the efforts is that Norway belongs to the world’s most central suppliers of peace diplomacy of many different kinds. Norway has been involved in attempts to…
8: To the Balkans, Indonesia, Kosovo In the spring of 1999, Martti Ahtisaari, together with the former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, was asked to lead the work to end…
4: 2000s with increased oil prices – cause In the years 2003–07, oil prices rose gradually, driven by unexpected growth in consumption and scarce supplies due to storms and disruptions…
For many Norwegians, Russia may be a slightly scary destination, but at the same time a very interesting and exotic one. The Norwegian people are generally unaware of Russian culture,…