Russian's relationship to the West.

1. Russia
and its relationship to
the West
Katarína Hunorová,Bc. MA
Picture N.1 Getwallpapers, [online], n.p. (2021)
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2. 01 02 03
04 05
Introduction Core Conclusion,
Summary
Recommended
literature
References
used
Content
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3. 1.Introduction
• Objectivity/Subjectivity of information
• Exaggeration
• Critical thinking
• Rationale
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4. Case study N.1
1. Nerea bought a new house with a mortgage. All the terms of
the mortgage are set out in the contract and she used a
calculator from the bank to work out how much she would
have to pay each month from her salary. In order to afford the
mortgage she had to go to college for 5 years to get an
education, at the same time she was doing internships. She
finally has a friend to brag to and would like to throw a party.
2. Let's imagine that Nerea has 20 people invited to the party, 5
of whom are the people closest to her.
3. The closest ones are called Pablo(friend,went to university
with her), Alberto(is a doctor and ex), Karina(didn't go to
university,likes Alberto), Isabella(has a PhD,envies Nerea
everything), Daniel(Isabella's boyfriend).
4. The day after the party they are all excited about the house.
They congratulate Neree and try to befriend her more.
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Picture N.2 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021)

5. Case study N.1
Questions:
1. However, do we know what
people really do? Do they claim ?
Can they be trusted?
2. Then within journalism,
journalists rely on sources, the
person who sells them the
information. They can refer to
him because he is a relevant
source. Not made up.
Picture N.3 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021)
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6. Case study N.1
Appeal to the familiar, subjective opinion (the result of a certain
type of upbringing of parents, adolescent experiences,
surroundings, degree of negativity, positivity)
- Pablo (N's friend, they went to university)- claimed at the
party that N is a regular working man of whom he is proud.
- Alberto(he is a doctor and ex)- claimed that he only
compensates for not having children or a husband with his
career.
- Karina(didn't go to college,likes Alberto)- agrees with
Alberto on everything, claimed to everyone at the party that
N is diverting some of his money to tax havens.
- Isabella(has a PhD,wishes Neree everything,learns about
the gossip she doesn't know where from),
- Daniel(Isabella's boyfriend, always looking for two sides of
the coin).
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Obrázok č. 4 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021)
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7. Case study N.1
The result: a lot of information circulating at the
party, generally among people, which is true or
false, or can only be found out by talking to
Nerei, the person about whom you have learned
something.
- However, there are also people in the world who
can deny even proven truth.
- So you should always verify the information that
reaches you and not believe one source told me.
- Statistically speaking to be able to verify and
prove something you need a sample of at least
100 data.
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Picture N.5 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021)
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8. 2.Core
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2.1 Russia, history in brief
2.2 The Russian economy
2.3 Ambitions
2.4 Pride
2.5 Expansion of territory
2.6 Attitude
2.7 Known opponents
2.8 Ideal citizen

9. „Study, study,
study!“.
Vladimir Iljic Lenin
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10. 2.1. History in brief
• "Slovakia could fit 349 times into Russia"¹
• Russia is the largest country in the world
• 146 million people live in Russia
• The Gini coefficient of wealth inequality in Russia is 0.88
(among the highest in the world) ²
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1,2 Koubský P., (2022), s.13-19. Picture N.6 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021)

11. Rusko
Picture N.7 Malvica T.,[online], n.p. (2021) 11

12. 2.1. History in brief
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Epic History TV, online, n.p.(2016)

13. 2.1. History in brief
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Epic History TV, online, n.p.(2016)

14. 2.1. History in brief
• In the West, it is customary for the head of state to
be a president, prime minister or constitutional
monarch.
• The Soviet Union never had a president (except in
Gorbachev's government, when the office was
created).
• Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev held the post of
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
(renamed the Council of Ministers in 1946), which
corresponded to the title and status of Prime
Minister, but their power did not derive from this
post;
• It was given by the fact that they were the head of
the Communist Party.³
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Picture N.8 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 3 Koubský P., (2022), s.132.

15. 2.2 Russian economy
• Crucially, it seemed to everyone that the Russian
economy had started to thrive after Putin came to
power. However, this was not due to him - the reason
lay in the rise in oil prices on world markets.
“First, commodity prices are determined on world markets,
so the success of its economy has almost no influence on
Russia itself. It is decided by factors outside Putin's
control.Anyway, it did mean that living standards in Russia
began to rise after a long time, as some of the proceeds
indirectly reached the wider public. In addition, of course,
the oligarchs and foreign investors benefited. Both the
former and the latter did not bother Putin as long as they
did not get in his way.When they tried, they ended up like
Berezovsky and Gusinsky.”⁴
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Picture N.9 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 4 Koubský P., (2022), s.165-180.

16. Putin vs folk
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Picture N.10 Dailystar, [online], n.p. (2021) Picture N.11 Businessinsider, [online], n.p. (2021)
164€/monthly salary

17. 2.3. Ambitions
• Rule by force
• человек много/people are many, the
value of human life
“Noting peaceful coexistence:
The West granted the Soviets the right to
do things their own way in their part of
the world. There was a clearly
understood boundary as to where their
part of the world went, where the Soviet
soldier's boot had trodden during the
Second World War.”⁵
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Picture N.12 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 5 Koubský P., (2022), s.121.

18. 2.3 Ambitions
“For Russians to criticize Russia, no
matter for what, means at best that you
are a fool ignorant of historical context, at
worse, a cynical ingrate contemptuous of
the sacrifices made, and even a little
worse, a crypto-Nazi who wants nothing
more than the return of Hitler in some
current incarnation.“⁶
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Picture N.13 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 6 Koubský P., (2022), s.121-122.

19. 2.4 Pride
“Authentic motif:
We once liberated you, by doing so
you have forever lost the right to
criticize us, to reject us.
"Why don't you like us, after all we
lost our lives for you?"
- is a sentence that a Czech, a Pole,
a Hungarian or anyone else can
hear in 2022."⁷
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Picture N.14 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 7 Koubský P., (2022), s.122.

20. 2.4 Pride
“Neutrality, which is the probable reason
why Russia accepts the country as it is.
However, membership of NATO or the EU
is seen as a hostile bloc."⁸
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Picture N15 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 8 Koubský P., (2022), s.122.

21. 2.5 Territory expansion
“The goal to which everything in Russia is now
dedicated is power and territorial expansion
without set limits. The purpose of expansion is
regime stability. That is all.”⁹
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Picture N.16 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 9 Koubský P., (2022), s.182.

22. 2.6 Attitude
“How we, on the other hand, should behave towards it is a
simple answer:
 firmly, without fear, with unyielding resistance to
aggression, with effective compassion for its victims,
who may well be on the Russian side.”¹⁰
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10 Koubský P., (2022), s.183.

23. 2.7 Well-known opponents
• Alexander Litvinenko
• Journalist Anna Politkovskaya
• Corporate lawyer Sergei Magnitsky
• Politician Boris Nemtsov¹¹
• Find out what happened with them.
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Picture N.17 Wikipedia, [online], n.p. (2021) 11 Koubský P., (2022), s.168.

24. 2.8 Ideal Citizen
“For the New Type Dictator, the main feature, not the
capture of public opinion or the attempt to make it non-
existent, is the main feature.
The ideal citizen is the one:
• who doesn't give a damn,
• He is satisfied with his standard of living because he
knows it used to be worse, he doesn't meddle, he
takes everything into account and above all he has no
political ambitions.
• The ideal citizen believes that Putin knows better and
that it pays to rely on him.”¹²
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Picture N.18 Pixabay, [online], n.p. (2021) 12 Koubský P., (2022), s.181.

25. Conclusion/Summary
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26. Conclusion/Summary
Disinterest
Citizens
Critical thinking
towards dictatorial
regimes
One learns the truth in
books, but they have
to make sense.
Sometimes one can
use books as
propaganda. A tool to
control people's
opinion.
Attitude
towards Russia
Books
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27. 4. Recommended reading
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29. 5. References used
● Houdský.Peter (2022). N PRESS,S.R.O.,200str.
■ Stručné dejiny Ruska
■ ISBN: 978-80-8230-105-5
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30. 5.References used
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Youtube (2016), History of Russia Part 1, Zdroj online tu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU1N8KTxIJU(Prístup 06.01.2023)
Parker E., (2021). V Dailystar. Vladimir Putin's 'secret luxury mansion' worth
over £900m is real, claims former aide. Zdroj online tu:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-secret-
luxury-mansion-23414064
Lenin V. I.,(1924) Wikiquote. Citáty slavných osobností. Zdroj online tu:
https://citaty.net/citaty/2054515-vladimir-iljic-lenin-ucit-se-ucit-se-ucit-
se/
Youtube (2016), History of Russia Part 2, Zdroj online tu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNfSBCygXTg&t=59s. (Prístup
06.01.2023)

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