The first day of Lent is known as Ash Wednesday. Christians are marked with ashes (formed by burning last year's Palm Sunday branches) to remember their mortality and sin.
After having relative prosperity during the second half of the 20th century until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Citizens from Russia experimented relative economic hardship during the rest of the 90s. The government led by Boris Yeltsin was not successful in the transition of the economic model from socialism to open market capitalism.
Then came Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the 21st century. Under his regime, the Russian economy experimented a sustained growth due to the rising prices of oil. Industries like production, construction, real estate, and financial services all grew.
As a consequence of the improvement of the economy, the middle class grew as well as their income. GDP per capita (the amount of money the average Russian gains over a year) sharply rose since the beginning of Putin's regime and is barely reaching $12000 in 2017.
However, the country still fails to score positively in regarding corruption levels and freedom of speech. As the government is constantly accused of suppressing political opposition.
This leads to describing the standard of living of the average Russian citizen as constantly improving in economic terms, but still lacking the guarantee of security and freedom of speech.
No, because the 3/5 comprimise says that slaves (for representation and tax purposes) were only 3/5 of a person. Today of course we know that blacks are a full person. However, at the time, it was useful and a good comprimise when the issue of slaves was split like it was in the country.
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The federal regulation that governs how researchers can obtain data about subjects' disciplinary status is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
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- The mentioned act specifies guidelines for the procedure of acquiring data regarding the disciplinary status of the subject.
- The specified guidelines are separate for the one seeking the data and the one dispensing the data.
- The regulation also specifies the probable punishment and fine applicable in case the data is illegally disclosed or any other provision of the act is breached.
