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	<title>Die Wiener Nachrichten &#187; Soviet Empire</title>
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		<title>Upcoming elections in Kyrgyzstan</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2011/10/upcoming-elections-in-kyrgyzstan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oct. 30 elections will decide who succeeds President Roza Otunbayeva, leader of an interim government since President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was forced to flee the capital in April 2010. The situation may become destabilized during and after these elections. Kyrgyzstan has witnessed two revolutions since 2005, as well as ethnic violence that killed over 400 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s love for Stalin</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/12/russias-love-for-stalin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/12/russias-love-for-stalin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On last Monday, hundreds of admirers of the former Soviet leader lined up in Moscow&#8217;s Red Square to lay wreaths at his grave, in honor of the 130th anniversary of his birth. Ivan Melnikov of Russia&#8217;s Communist Party, the deputy parliament speaker, wrote on his party&#8217;s website, &#8220;We would very much like for any discussion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu Follies: Regional Overreactions</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/11/swine-flu-follies-regional-overreactions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/11/swine-flu-follies-regional-overreactions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[former soviet union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RFE/RL &#8211; As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. Moldova In Moldova, which has 269 confirmed cases and four reported swine-flu deaths, health officials on November 9 closed schools and universities for a week. The timing of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attraction force of Leninism</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/10/attraction-force-of-leninism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soviet Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPOe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KOMMUNISTISCHE GRAVITATION Robert Sommer für Die Wiener Nachrichten Excerpt from the book „Identity Lexicon“ by Robert Sommer &#8211; chief editor of Vienna street newspaper “Augustin”- presents story of his personality transformation &#8211; from participation in communist activities, including cooperation with Soviet communists and visits to Moscow &#8211; till his later liberal and denying any authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stars hanging low</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/07/bliss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/07/bliss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Galina Toktalieva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soviet Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vilnius]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Galina Toktalieva for die Wiener Nachrichten Photo Galina Toktalieva It seems not long time ago I stood before Moscow grocery store, chilled to the marrow and hungry, eager to get my portion of buckwheat, in line with hundreds of other hopping, popping and clinking with empty bottles Muscovites. It was after putsch time, when Boris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autokrise</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/05/autokrise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/05/autokrise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soviet Empire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Magna-Mitarbeiter müssen Gürtel enger schnallen Wien, 05. Mai (Reuters) &#8211; Die österreichischen Mitarbeiter des an Opel interessierten Autozulieferers Magna müssen künftig den Gürtel enger schnallen. Etwa ein Drittel der Belegschaft wird ein Jahr lang bis zu 20 Prozent weniger Gehalt bekommen. Diesem Schritt habe die Mehrheit der Belegschaft zugestimmt, teilte das Unternehmen am Montag mit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rot-Weiß-Rot-Karte &#8211; Where and why they go</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2009/01/rot-weiss-rot-karte-where-and-why-they-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soviet Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abeitslosigkeit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[globalization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration from respublics of former Soviet Union]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zuwanderung]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What expects immigrants in Austria next year In Österreich soll durch die sogenannte &#8220;Rot-Weiß-Rot-Karte&#8221; die Zuwanderung neu geregelt werden. Die auf einem Punktesystem basierende Regelung soll das bisherige Quotensystem ersetzen. Kriterien für die Zuwanderung sollen etwa bestimmte Qualifikationen, Deutschkenntnisse oder Nachfrage am Arbeitsmarkt sein. Innenministerin Maria Fekter (ÖVP) erklärte, die Karte solle schon 2010 eingeführt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider birth</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2008/12/consider-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2008/12/consider-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever they do, average Europeans talk about prices and life costs, and since I live in Austria, I never met a person, who complaining about personal financial predicaments, would not mention option of playing lotto and wining a million, as if mathematical likelihood of event equated not to its magical probability. But how about idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reiche Russen</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2008/10/reiche-russen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soviet Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new Russians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich and poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Russian Mafia (Russian: Русская мафия, Russkaya mafiya), Red Mob (Красная мафия, Krasnaya mafiya) or Bratva (Братва; slang for &#8220;brotherhood&#8221;, which applies to all gangs, including rivals) — are names designating a diverse group of organized crime syndicates originating in the former Soviet Union (Russia and the CIS). Since the 1991 fall of the USSR, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Phantoms:Individual versus Group</title>
		<link>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2008/06/red-phantoms-3-individual-versus-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.toktali.com/blog/2008/06/red-phantoms-3-individual-versus-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Galina Toktali</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beggary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young female beggar in one of Vienna streets listening to arguments of older woman who suddenly stopped to express her opinion on beggary. For the first time in my life, I was brought at the place against my will and kept there shut. I felt shaken and thought it must be mistake and soon they [...]]]></description>
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