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=RUSSIA: Going Glocal = This web project is inviting you to explore and analyze the ongoing globalization process in current Russian economy from the various angles. Of all the most indicative trends you are to choose and investigate in depth the one or two which are the most interesting for you. The final product of the project "Going glocal" should become the creation and completion of the collaborative wiki site highlighting the globalisation impact on the local and individual level of the two Russian (Tomsk) and Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk) localities. You will also have to cooperatively design the final overall PPP on the Going Glocal project.

In this wiki site you will have to continuously create **your own portfolio pages** in the Group List.

The project requirements:
Each student has to go through the whole range of research activities such as:

- collecting the Internet resources on the chosen issue including articles, video, photos, graphs and the like - participating in discussions with other teams members through e-mails, Skype, blogs etc. as well as reflecting on the success/failures made at any stage of the project for final evaluation of the project - doing the interviews with professional and community people - writing a case study on the material resulting from the interviews - participating in the final collaborative presentation with your glocal issue of the project - reflecting on the completed web project through evaluation questionnaire

** The project evaluation: **

 * Content of the material and structure of/within your pages - 20%
 * Design (graphics, images, HTML ) - 10%
 * Case Study - 30%
 * Webliography - 10%
 * Overall final PPpresentation - 30%

TOTAL: 100%

The list of chosen **most important global issues** ** and KEY PAGES ** under local focus research here:
 * Impact of global economy and trade in Russia and Kazakhstan
 * Terrorism and security in Russia and Kazakhstan
 * Unemployment in Russia and Kazakhstan
 * Migration process in Russia and Kazakhstan
 * Poverty and social insecurity in Russia
 * Global effects on cultural identity in Russia and Kazakhstan

===** The made up list of interview questions ****  for the local professionals and community **===

**The Assignment for Wednesday, 2d of May** Watch the discussion on pros and cons of globalisation which was held in Moscow TV studio some years ago.
 * Write down all the questions** being asked in this converastion and decide which of them would be relevant to be included into your professional/individual interviews in current russian environment.

**Globalisation:Threat or Hope?** media type="youtube" key="N4O3V5XU7Mg" height="315" width="420"

The Assignment for Monday, 7 of May

1.Read the article **Globalization and its economic prospects for Russia** and write down a plan of the text highlighting the major ideas of the author. Suggest your own additional or maybe opposing points on the issue under study.

2. Watch the **Dmitry Medvedev interview with CNBC**s Maria Bartiromo, in which he discussed in detail the state of the Russian economy and its interrelation with its global partners. Prepare your comments on it. media type="youtube" key="_qqTIbeyxfw" height="315" width="420"

A visual presentation of the CIA World Factbook ** summary of the Russian economy **. media type="youtube" key="CYyyJSE8EyY" height="315" width="560"

= Russia's Eurasian Economic Union = STRATFOR analyst Eugene Chausovsky examines Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's statements about a new organization for the states on its periphery. media type="youtube" key="DTk7KLHfbpQ" height="315" width="560"

= The Next Decade: Resurgent Russia =

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called the collapse of the Soviet Union the "greatest catastrophe of the 20th century," but Moscow currently is making a strong comeback. Dr. George Friedman discusses how powerful Russia will become in the next 10 years in a series of conversations about his new book, "The Next Decade."

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