Russia is not the Soviet Union, but what is it?

俄罗斯不是苏联，那它是什么呢？

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Even before the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was leaking its most qualified scientists.

甚至是前苏联解体之前，俄国最优秀的科学家就一直都在流失。

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A bitter joke from the Soviet-era has it that Russia is the world's only country with an unpredictable past.

前苏联时期，曾有这样一个冷笑话——俄国是世界上唯一一个有着不确定的过去的国家。

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"There were severe weather problems, not just in Russia but also in some of the other former Soviet Union countries."

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There's another sample which is in Russia, part of the former Soviet Union, where there are samples that were stored.

另一个样本在俄罗斯,前苏联的一部分,那也有储存的样本

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One is Dubna in the former Soviet Union in Russia, one is in Darmstadt in Germany and the third one is in the United States in Berkeley.

一个是在杜布纳，位于前苏联的俄国，一个在德国的达姆施塔特,第三个是在美国的伯克利。

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When critics had the temerity to point out that Welch had no proof of his allegation about the September jobs numbers, he reacted with sputtering indignation — making me wonder how much GE under Welch was like the Soviet Russia that he sees in America today.

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The brief war between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia served as a reminder to the rest of the Soviet Union that Russia remained the regional hegemon, and gave notice that the US would not extend meaningful support to pro-US governments that found themselves in confrontation with Russia.

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The collapse of the Soviet Union deprived Russia of key ports and cut the size of its fleet.

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