Chapter 5 RUSSIA AND THE POST-SOVIET STATES

Putin Confirmation as Russian Premier Sparks Verbal Fireworks

After watching the Putin Confirmation as Russian Premier Sparks Verbal Fireworks video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

Question

1. Part of Putin's plan for economic development is

Building new power plants

Building new steel mills

Reducing inflation to single digits

Reforming the currency

Question

2. Leaving Russia for other countries have been

100,000 people

200,000 laborers

500,000 farmers

800,000 highly trained professionals

Question

3. In the Duma (legislature), Putin's party holds

More than 75 percent of seats

50 percent of seats

25 percent of seats

All the seats

Question

4. If they wish, Putin and his followers can

Dissolve the Duma

Remove the president from office

Reinstate the czar

Return to communism