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Russia: ‘free’ healthcare down the drain
Written by Masha Egupova
I dread the moment I need to see a doctor in Russia because I know that seeing a doctor in Russia is not a pleasent experience. The prospect of crass bureaucracy coupled with idiotic rules and endless waiting in line forces me to turn around and take the same […]
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Masha Egupova
was born and grew up in Vladivostok, a city in the Russian Far East. She graduated from the Far Eastern National University in Vladivostok, Russia and Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Her main research interests are in the media communication field, print media analysis, media-Internet relations, and the challenges new Internet media present to traditional media. Besides that she is interested in covering the stories from Vladivostok, her home town.
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Heartbreak by the Nile
Written by Masha Egupova
Globalization has great benefits and great side effects. When the global economy is doing well, a lot of people try moving to the developed world for a better life while an ailing economy also forces people to find jobs elsewhere. Economic knockdown is perpetuating bad labor practices both in the […]
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East Europe’s Lost Generation?
Written by Masha Egupova
Being young often means being unemployed or working in the wrong job. More and more young people cannot find suitable work after leaving university. I’ve read a lot about youth unemployment in Western Europe and the States, but I haven’t heard much about young people out of work in Eastern Europe. When […]
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BRICS Reports: When The State Fails
Written by Masha Egupova
This article is part of a cooperation between Future Challenges and the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI). SGI’s new study “Change Ahead? Sustainable Governance in the BRICS” examines policy making in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. We’ve asked five of our bloggers to tell us what they think about the reports. On environmental issues, […]
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Russia: nomads fight for the Arctic
Written by Masha Egupova
Russia is cursed with its resources: the oil and gas industry is growing so fast that 50% of the federal budget and three quarters of exports depend on its production. It seems that the country does not produce anything, but just relies on its natural resources. At the same time […]
