Thank you for coming, welcome to todays briefing in russia. Iem for a policy advisor responsible for economic and Environmental Issues at the Helsinki Commission. Combating corruption is an imperative of the organization for security and cooperation. Corruption takes many forms but the one that concerns us today is nowhere is the idea of corruption a system of government more fully realized than in the Russian Federation. Russia has been on a steady path for the authoritarianism ever since putin entered the scene a teen years ago. Since then a new generation has entered adulthood, one that does not remember a russia before the enputin. As these young men and women enteentered the workforce to confront institutions in both the public and private sectors that have been completely assimilated into the architecture and are left with a choice to either be coopted into this system or ejected from it. While putin is a central figure responsible for russias descent into the rule, he is not the
What was the ultimate deciding factor . Rep. Johnson i am the father of four children. My wife and i have invested all of our adult lives in trying to make better opportunity for them. I come from the state of louisiana. A poor state or one of the less welloff. There is a lot of concerns my district. I represent 15 parishes or counties. There is a lot of cultural differences along that big area but their concerns are the same. That is concerned about jobs and the economy people we need more opportunity for economic mobility. Create opportunities for everyone. The American Dream should be within our grasp. It hasnt within recent years. National security and the threat of terrorism. We look at that and i felt we had something to offer. The people sent us here to do that work. What is the difference putting serving as a state representative and what you experience here serving and rep. Johnson washington, d. C. Rep. Johnson there are a lot of similarities. To be honest, people are surpris
But why paul mackey . Why would anyone want to kidnap a Public Relations man . And why take his desk calendar . To no doubt for the same reason they took a musical box from vanovech. Sir. Another disappearance, sir dr. Naomi fisher from tel aviv. What does she do . Shes the worlds leading expert on food production. What was stolen of hers . An empty briefcase. What are we supposed to do . Hey, what are you doing in here . Hey hey police hey, call the police by the strange theft motiveless theft. Dr. Garrow, the worlds most celebrated geneticist, was equally astonished. i cant imagine the burglars motive, he said. Another trivial theft from a vip. Whose son was vacationong with dr. Erikson and his daughter, anna. Fits the pattern. Quite, mr. Solol its going to be up to us to alter. Doing so is going to be highly dangerous, gentlemen, to you and to professor david garrow. David, for heaven sakes, whats the hurry . Weve got plenty of time. Darling, whats the matter . You always used to lo
For history as the world knows it will soon end. Sit down, doctor. Oh, excuse me, dr. Erikson, your daughter. Have we kept her waiting outside . No, anna will be coming on a separate plane. She should be leaving berlin any moment now. Im sorry i have to go, but ill be back. Believe me, i will be back. Look, i came all the way from america to be with you, you and your father, on our vacation. Steve, do you think that i want to leave you . This is ridiculous. I love you. The most spectacular disappearances of all were those of top European Military leader general Maximilian Harmon and his aide, captain gelser. Ten hut men, you are no longer in the service of the country we just left. You are an elite security force, the last soldiers this world will ever see. Then, within hours, four more prominent people whisked away. Israels dr. Naomi fisher, worlds leading authority on Food Production techniques. Public relations expert jeffrey j. Mackie of london. Wizard. Mr. Kingsley, there was no n
I recommend it. I think it is a wonderful way to immerse yourself in the past, to wander into these houses. They are so different in the characteristics and decorations and colors and furniture and these are all significant structures. With architecture, i noticed one photograph of a column in the background in the photo. Is there a reflection of people having an affinity for columns so much that they would put a column in the background of a family portrait . I think you might be talking about the marina davis image that does definitely have a column. That is a classic, classical way of painting a portrait, great commonplace very commonplace in the 18th century and it carried through here. But also very suitable in the sense that the greek revival was the predominant architectural style in the 1820s, 30s and into the 50s. So in the years leading up to the civil war the columns of the architectural language people spoke that they were most familiar with was the greek revival so it woul