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Childfree Russia
Childfree Russia is a Russian opposition non-governmental movement founded by activist Edward Lisovskii (). It was established in 2012 as the first childfree movement in Russia. History Edward Lisovskii, a founder of the movement, is a marketer by profession. He headed the company "Advertising Group of the Russian Federation", which worked with advertising in the Moscow Metro, online with Victoria Bonya, Vadim Galygin and Justin Bieber, as well as Odnoklassniki, MTS and TV shows. In 2012, Lisovskii compiled the principles of the childfree ideology in Russia and opened several communities on social networks. In 2013, VKontakte, at the request of the prosecutor's office, blocked Lisovskii's personal accounts and his community on VKontakte, and he urgently left St. Petersburg. According to a 2020 study by the NAFI Analytical Center, 46% of Russians aged 18 to 45 do not want to have children. State television associates this fact with the development of his ideology. In 2021, Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childfree
Voluntary childlessness or childfreeness is the active choice not to have children and not to adopt children. Use of the word ''childfree'' was first recorded in 1901 and entered common usage among feminists during the 1970s. The suffix -''free'' refers to the freedom and personal choice of those to pick this lifestyle. The meaning of the term ''childfree'' extends to encompass the children of others (in addition to one's own children), and this distinguishes it further from the more usual term ''childless'', which is traditionally used to express the idea of having no children, whether by choice or by circumstance. In the research literature, the term ''child-free'' or ''childfree'' has also been used to refer to parents currently not living with their children, for example because they have already grown up and moved out. In common usage, ''childfree'' might be used in the context of venues or activities wherein (young) children are excluded even if the people involved may be pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is recognized for his multi-genre musical performances. He was discovered by record executive Scooter Braun in 2008 and subsequently brought to the United States by singer Usher (musician), Usher, both of whom formed the record label RBMG Records to sign Bieber in October of that year. His debut extended play (EP), ''My World (Justin Bieber EP), My World'' (2009), was met with international recognition and established him as a teen idol. Bieber was ushered into mainstream stardom with his teen pop debut studio album, ''My World 2.0'' (2010), which debuted atop the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and made him the youngest solo male act to do so in 47 years. The album was supported by the single "Baby (Justin Bieber song), Baby" (featuring Ludacris), which became one of the List of best-selling singles in the United States, best selling singles of all time. His second studio album, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odnoklassniki
Odnoklassniki (), abbreviated as OK or OK.ru, is a social networking service and online video sharing website primarily in Russia and former Soviet Republics. The site was launched on March 4, 2006 by Albert Popkov and is currently owned by VK. The website currently has more than 200 million registered users and 45 million daily unique visitors. Odnoklassniki also currently has an Alexa Internet traffic ranking of 56 worldwide and 7 for Russia. Odnoklassniki is the second most popular social network in Russia, behind VK (VKontakte) but ahead of Facebook, which is in 3rd place. History Odnoklassniki was launched on March 26, 2006 by Albert Popkov, a telecommunications professional residing in London. Having previously been involved in similar projects in other European countries, Popkov initially developed Odnoklassniki as a hobby project from March to November 2006. During this period, it was only mentioned commercially within a friendly advertising agency as an advertisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTS (network Provider)
MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) () is the largest telecommunications company and mobile network operator in Russia and Belarus, headquartered in Moscow, operating on GSM, UMTS, LTE (telecommunication), LTE and 5G standards. Apart from cellular network, the company also offers local telephone service, broadband, mobile television, cable television, satellite television and digital television. As of Q3 2024, the company serves over 87.6 million subscribers in Russia (81.9 million) and Belarus (5.7 million). MTS had previously operaded in Uzbekistan until 2012, Turkmenistan until 2017, Ukraine until 2019 and Armenia until 2024. MTS Russia In 1994, a joint venture of Moscow City Telephone Network, T-Mobile International AG, T-Mobile and Siemens, which later Mobile TeleSystems, MTS GSM (Mobile TeleSystems) became part of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), offered Russia's MTS GSM first mobile phone service "Mobile Telecommunications" () for the public in Moscow. In the same year in June, VimpelCo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VKontakte
(short for its original name ''VKontakte''; , meaning ''InContact'') is a Russian online social media and social networking service based in Saint Petersburg. VK is available in multiple languages but it is predominantly used by Russian speakers. VK users can message each other publicly or privately, edit messages, create groups, public pages, and events; share and tag images, audio, and video; and play browser-based games. , VK had at least 500 million accounts. As of November 2022, it was the sixth most popular website in Russia. The network was also popular in Ukraine until it was banned by the Verkhovna Rada in 2017. According to Semrush, in 2024, VK is the 30th most visited website in the world, while YouTube experiences throttling in Russia, VK Video overtook Google's top position in monthly web traffic for the first time in December, as part of the major substitution to domestic business. History VKontakte was conceived in 2006 when Pavel Durov, creator of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervý kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian federal television channel. Its headquarters are located at Ostankino Technical Center near the Ostankino Tower in Moscow. The majority of its shares are owned or indirectly controlled by the state. It was created by decree of Russian president Boris Yeltsin to replace Ostankino Television Channel One, which in turn replaced Programme One in 1991. From April 1995 to September 2002, the channel was known as Public Russian Television (, ORT ). The main news programmes are ''Vremya'' and '' Novosti''. Channel One's main competitors are the Russia-1 and NTV channels. The channel has 2,443 employees as of 2015. History When the Soviet Union was abolished, the Russian Federation took over most of its structures and institutions. One of the first acts of Boris Yeltsin's new government was to sign a presidential decree on 27 December 1991, providing for Russian jur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaly Milonov
Vitaly Valentinovich Milonov (; born 23 January 1974) is a Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 2016. A member of United Russia, he has served as a Member of the State Duma for Saint Petersburg South since 2016. As a legislator, he is known for his opposition to LGBT rights in Russia. From 2007 to 2016, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg. Biography After studying Local Governance Administration in the North-West Academy of Public Administration in St. Petersburg, from which he graduated in 2006, he completed a correspondence course at the Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University in Moscow. His political career began in 1991 when he joined the Free Democratic Party of Russia. From 1994 to 1995, he was an assistant to Vitaly Viktorovich Savitsky, chairman in the 1990s of the existing Christian Democratic Union of Russia (CDU). During this time Milonov was also chairman of the "Young Christian Democrats", a politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Pavlova
Margarita Nikolayevna Pavlova (; born 22 January 1979) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Chelyabinsk Oblast since 20 September 2019. Career Margarita Pavlova was born on 22 January 1979 in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Soviet Union. In 2000, she graduated from the Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture. From 2010 to 2015, she served as a commissioner for children's rights in the Chelyabinsk oblast. In 2015, she was re-appointed to the same position. On 20 September 2019, she was appointed a senator from Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast; , is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chel .... Sanctions Margarita Pavlova is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the US, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, and New Zealand, for ratifying the decisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly (Russia), Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council (Russia), Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of Russia, Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manezhnaya Square, Moscow, Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet of Russia, Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved in a 1993 Russian constitutional referendum, nationwide referendum. In the 2007 Russian legislative election, 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morning'', ''60 Minutes'', and ''48 Hours (TV program), 48 Hours'', and Sunday morning talk show, Sunday morning political affairs program ''Face the Nation''. CBS News Radio produces hourly newscasts for hundreds of radio stations, and also oversees CBS News podcasts like ''Major Garrett, The Takeout Podcast''. CBS News also operates CBS News 24/7, a 24-hour digital news network. Up until April 2021, the president and senior executive producer of CBS News was Susan Zirinsky, who assumed the role on March 1, 2019. Zirinsky, the first female president of the network's news division, was announced as the choice to replace David Rhodes (CBS News President), David Rhodes on January 6, 2019. The announcement came amid news that Rhodes would step do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of Russia
Russia has an estimated population of 146.0 million as of 1 January 2025, down from 147.2 million recorded in the 2021 census. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world. Russia has a population density of , with its overall life expectancy being 73 years (68 years for males and 79 years for females) . The total fertility rate across Russia was estimated to be 1.41 children born per woman , which is in line with the European average. It has one of the oldest populations in the world, with a median age of 41.9 years. By the end of 2024, the natural decline of the Russian population amounted to 596.2 thousand people, according to published data from Rosstat. Compared to the end of 2023, the indicator increased by 20.4% (from 495.3 thousand). From 1992 to 2012, and again since 2016, Russia's death rate has exceeded its birth rate, which has been called a demographic crisis by analysts. In 2009, Russia recorded annual populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-profit Organizations Based In Russia
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners. A nonprofit organization is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. Depending on the local laws, charities are regularly organized as non-profits. A host of organizations may be non-profit, including some political organizations, schools, hospitals, business associations, churches, foundations, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be tax-exempt, and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an entity may incorporate as a nonprofit en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
